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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Governors</title>
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  <updated>2008-05-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/4386</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.568 A resolution commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Governors Association.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-14:/action/157368</id>
    <updated>2008-05-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Governors Association.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2760 National Guard Empowerment and State-National Defense Integration Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2760/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-12:/action/147510</id>
    <updated>2008-03-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the national defense through empowerment of the National Guard, enhancement of the functions of the National Guard Bureau, and improvement of Federal-State military coordination in domestic emergency response, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5603 National Guard Empowerment and State-National Defense Integration Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5603/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-12:/action/147826</id>
    <updated>2008-03-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the national defense through empowerment of the National Guard, enhancement of the functions of the National Guard Bureau, and improvement of Federal-State military coordination in domestic emergency response, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.935 Honoring the 100th anniversary of President Theodore Roosevelt's Conference of Governors, supporting the goals and ideals of that Conference, and recognizing the need for a similar undertaking today.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr935/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-22:/action/142506</id>
    <updated>2008-01-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
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Honoring the 100th anniversary of President Theodore Roosevelt's Conference of Governors, supporting the goals and ideals of that Conference, and recognizing the need for a similar undertaking today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.2688 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, as the &quot;Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2688/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-08:/action/127841</id>
    <updated>2007-08-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, as the &quot;Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 08, 2007: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.2688 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, as the &quot;Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2688/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-08:/action/127861</id>
    <updated>2007-08-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, as the &quot;Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 08, 2007: Became Public Law No: 110-73.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.2688 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, as the &quot;Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2688/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-05:/action/127815</id>
    <updated>2007-08-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, as the &quot;Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 05, 2007: Presented to President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.2688 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, as the &quot;Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2688/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-02:/action/127814</id>
    <updated>2007-08-02T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, as the &quot;Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 02, 2007: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.692 Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h692/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-28:/action/120766</id>
    <updated>2007-06-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 4, United States Code, to authorize the Governor of a State, territory, or possession of the United States to order that the National flag be flown at half-staff in that State, territory, or possession in the event of the death of a member of the Armed Forces from that State, territory, or possession who dies while serving on active duty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 28, 2007: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.692 Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h692/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-28:/action/121811</id>
    <updated>2007-06-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 4, United States Code, to authorize the Governor of a State, territory, or possession of the United States to order that the National flag be flown at half-staff in that State, territory, or possession in the event of the death of a member of the Armed Forces from that State, territory, or possession who dies while serving on active duty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 28, 2007: Became Public Law No: 110-41.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2853 Alerting Localities of Environmental Risks and Threats (ALERT) Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2853/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-24:/action/119700</id>
    <updated>2007-06-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Environmental Protection Agency to promptly notify State and local authorities and the public of certain enforcement actions under environmental laws.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2835 To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to extend the requirements under such Act regarding the ability of absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters to use absentee registration procedures and vote by absentee ballot in Federal elections to elections for certain offices in American Samoa.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2835/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-21:/action/119539</id>
    <updated>2007-06-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to extend the requirements under such Act regarding the ability of absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters to use absentee registration procedures and vote by absentee ballot in Federal elections to elections for certain offices in American Samoa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.692 Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h692/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-19:/action/118989</id>
    <updated>2007-06-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 4, United States Code, to authorize the Governor of a State, territory, or possession of the United States to order that the National flag be flown at half-staff in that State, territory, or possession in the event of the death of a member of the Armed Forces from that State, territory, or possession who dies while serving on active duty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 19, 2007: Presented to President.    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.692 Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h692/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-13:/action/118443</id>
    <updated>2007-06-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 4, United States Code, to authorize the Governor of a State, territory, or possession of the United States to order that the National flag be flown at half-staff in that State, territory, or possession in the event of the death of a member of the Armed Forces from that State, territory, or possession who dies while serving on active duty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 13, 2007: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1596 A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, as the &quot;Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1596/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-11:/action/118043</id>
    <updated>2007-06-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, as the &quot;Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2688 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, as the &quot;Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2688/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-11:/action/121796</id>
    <updated>2007-06-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, as the &quot;Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2107 To create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2107/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-01:/action/110585</id>
    <updated>2007-05-01T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.157 A resolution extending the best wishes of the Senate to New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine and expressing the Senate's hope for his speedy and complete recovery.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-sr157/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-04-17:/action/108899</id>
    <updated>2007-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution extending the best wishes of the Senate to New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine and expressing the Senate's hope for his speedy and complete recovery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.720 Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s720/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-28:/action/94692</id>
    <updated>2007-02-28T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 4, United States Code, to authorize the Governor of a State, territory, or possession of the United States to order that the National flag be flown at half-staff in that State, territory, or possession in the event of the death of a member of the Armed Forces from that State, territory, or possession who dies while serving on active duty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.88 A resolution honoring the extraordinary achievements of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-sr88/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-27:/action/94506</id>
    <updated>2007-02-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution honoring the extraordinary achievements of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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