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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Department of Defense</title>
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  <updated>2013-05-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/4259</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.982 Freedom to Fish Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-15:/action/359154</id>
    <updated>2013-05-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to prohibit the Corps of Engineers from taking certain actions to establish a restricted area prohibiting public access to waters downstream of a dam, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.132 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Department of Defense request for domestic Base Realignment and Closure authority in 2015 and 2017 is neither affordable nor feasible as of the date of agreement to this resolution and that the Department of Defense must further analyze the capability to consolidate excess overseas infrastructure and increase efficiencies by relocating missions from overseas to domestic installations prior to requesting domestic Base Realignment and Closure authority.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/357966</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Department of Defense request for domestic Base Realignment and Closure authority in 2015 and 2017 is neither affordable nor feasible as of the date of agreement to this resolution and that the Department of Defense must further analyze the capability to consolidate excess overseas infrastructure and increase efficiencies by relocating missions from overseas to domestic installations prior to requesting domestic Base Realignment and Closure authority.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.871 Combating Military Sexual Assault Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-06:/action/357912</id>
    <updated>2013-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance assistance for victims of sexual assault committed by members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1769 Recognizing the National Benefits of Flood Protection Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357134</id>
    <updated>2013-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve energy infrastructure resilience through federal water resource investments, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1721 Aviation Teams Helping Our Municipalities' Economies Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1721/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/357032</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To direct the Secretary of Defense to prohibit the performance of Department of Defense flight demonstration teams outside the United States.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.799 A bill to provide for a sequester replacement.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356764</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for a sequester replacement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.788 A bill to suspend the fiscal year 2013 sequester and establish limits on war-related spending.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s788/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-22:/action/356309</id>
    <updated>2013-04-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to suspend the fiscal year 2013 sequester and establish limits on war-related spending.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1662 Army Corps Accountability Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1662/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-18:/action/356128</id>
    <updated>2013-04-18T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, and the Federal Flood Control Act of 1928 to provide for liability for the United States Army Corps of Engineers in cases of damage caused by the gross negligence of an officer or employee of the Corps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1642 Security Clearance Protection Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355985</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To protect the eligibility for Federal employment and access to classified information for Department of Defense civilian employees who may incur financial hardships as a result of furloughs dictated by sequestration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1593 STOP Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1593/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-16:/action/355696</id>
    <updated>2013-04-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the prevention of and response to sexual assault in the Armed Forces by establishing a Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Council and an enhanced Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Office and by requiring the appointment of a Director of Military Prosecutions for sexual-related offenses committed by a member of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1520 POW/MIA Accounting and Recovery Support Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1520/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-11:/action/355339</id>
    <updated>2013-04-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Secretary of Defense to allow civilian employees of the Department of Defense to delay furloughs until returning from a deployment in support of accounting and recovery efforts by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1506 Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1506/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-10:/action/355077</id>
    <updated>2013-04-10T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To reduce the number of nuclear-armed submarines operated by the Navy, to prohibit the development of a new long-range penetrating bomber aircraft, to reduce the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles operated by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1516 Coast Guard Academy Opportunity Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-10:/action/355123</id>
    <updated>2013-04-10T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 14, United States Code, to modify the process for congressional nomination of individuals for appointment as cadets at the Coast Guard Academy, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1463 Military Suicide Reduction Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1463/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-09:/action/354983</id>
    <updated>2013-04-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the mental health assessments provided to members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1481 To direct the Secretary of Defense to reprogram amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Defense for the Medium Extended Air Defense System.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-09:/action/354871</id>
    <updated>2013-04-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To direct the Secretary of Defense to reprogram amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Defense for the Medium Extended Air Defense System.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.680 A bill to rescind amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Defense for the Medium Extended Air Defense System, and for other purposes.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-08:/action/354778</id>
    <updated>2013-04-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to rescind amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Defense for the Medium Extended Air Defense System, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.674 Accountability for Veterans Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-08:/action/354818</id>
    <updated>2013-04-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require prompt responses from the heads of covered Federal agencies when the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests information necessary to adjudicate claims for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.933 Science Appropriations Act, 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h933/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-25:/action/354386</id>
    <updated>2013-03-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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&quot;An Act making consolidated appropriations and further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 25, 2013: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.933 Science Appropriations Act, 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-25:/action/354387</id>
    <updated>2013-03-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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&quot;An Act making consolidated appropriations and further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 25, 2013: Became Public Law No: 113-6.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.933 Science Appropriations Act, 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-21:/action/354362</id>
    <updated>2013-03-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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&quot;An Act making consolidated appropriations and further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 21, 2013: Presented to President.    </content>
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