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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Murder</title>
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  <updated>2008-12-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/4516</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.724 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the horrific terrorist attacks and siege in Mumbai, India, beginning on November 26, 2008, and concluding on November 29, 2008.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-09:/action/178761</id>
    <updated>2008-12-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the horrific terrorist attacks and siege in Mumbai, India, beginning on November 26, 2008, and concluding on November 29, 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.5057 Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5057/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176818</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.5057 Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176819</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-360.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/action/176803</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 07, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-344.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h923/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/action/176794</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 07, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.5057 Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5057/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-30:/action/176066</id>
    <updated>2008-09-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 30, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.5057 Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5057/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-27:/action/175623</id>
    <updated>2008-09-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 27, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h923/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-26:/action/174108</id>
    <updated>2008-09-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 26, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h923/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-24:/action/173620</id>
    <updated>2008-09-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 24, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h923/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-23:/action/173099</id>
    <updated>2008-09-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 23, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3430 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3430/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-01:/action/168741</id>
    <updated>2008-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3348 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3348/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-28:/action/167572</id>
    <updated>2008-07-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.621 A resolution honoring and commemorating the selfless acts of heroism displayed by the late Detective John Michael Gibson and Private First Class Jacob Joseph Chestnut of the United States Capitol Police on July 24, 1998, and expressing the gratitude and appreciation of the Senate for the professionalism and dedication of the United States Capitol Police.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-sr621/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-23:/action/167130</id>
    <updated>2008-07-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution honoring and commemorating the selfless acts of heroism displayed by the late Detective John Michael Gibson and Private First Class Jacob Joseph Chestnut of the United States Capitol Police on July 24, 1998, and expressing the gratitude and appreciation of the Senate for the professionalism and dedication of the United States Capitol Police.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.1360 Honoring and commemorating the selfless acts of heroism displayed by the late Detective John Michael Gibson and Private First Class Jacob Joseph Chestnut of the United States Capitol Police on July 24, 1998.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr1360/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-22:/action/167003</id>
    <updated>2008-07-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Honoring and commemorating the selfless acts of heroism displayed by the late Detective John Michael Gibson and Private First Class Jacob Joseph Chestnut of the United States Capitol Police on July 24, 1998.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.600 A resolution commemorating the 44th anniversary of the deaths of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Philadelphia, Mississippi, while working in the name of American democracy to register voters and secure civil rights during the summer of 1964, which has become known as &quot;Freedom Summer&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-sr600/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-24:/action/164792</id>
    <updated>2008-06-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution commemorating the 44th anniversary of the deaths of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Philadelphia, Mississippi, while working in the name of American democracy to register voters and secure civil rights during the summer of 1964, which has become known as &quot;Freedom Summer&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.1293 Commemorating the 44th anniversary of the deaths of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Philadelphia, Mississippi, while working in the name of American democracy to register voters and secure civil rights during the summer of 1964, which has became known as &quot;Freedom Summer&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr1293/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-20:/action/161704</id>
    <updated>2008-06-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Commemorating the 44th anniversary of the deaths of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Philadelphia, Mississippi, while working in the name of American democracy to register voters and secure civil rights during the summer of 1964, which has became known as &quot;Freedom Summer&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3166 A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose criminal penalties on individuals who assist aliens who have engaged in genocide, torture, or extrajudicial killings to enter the United States.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3166/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-19:/action/161429</id>
    <updated>2008-06-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose criminal penalties on individuals who assist aliens who have engaged in genocide, torture, or extrajudicial killings to enter the United States.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6167 Prevention and Deterrence of Crimes Against Children Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6167/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-03:/action/158809</id>
    <updated>2008-06-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen penalties for child pornography offenses, child sex trafficking offenses, and other sexual offenses committed against children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6094 World War II War Crimes Accountability Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6094/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-20:/action/158391</id>
    <updated>2008-05-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To hold the surviving Nazi war criminals accountable for the war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity they committed during World War II, by encouraging foreign governments to more efficiently prosecute and extradite wanted criminals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3014 Prevention and Deterrence of Crimes Against Children Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3014/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-13:/action/156923</id>
    <updated>2008-05-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen penalties for child pornography offenses, child sex trafficking offenses, and other sexual offenses committed against children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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