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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Birth defects</title>
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  <updated>2013-05-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/4727</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.152 A resolution designating November 28, 2013, as &quot;National Holoprosencephaly Awareness Day&quot; to increase awareness and education of the disorder.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-sr152/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-21:/action/359887</id>
    <updated>2013-05-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution designating November 28, 2013, as &quot;National Holoprosencephaly Awareness Day&quot; to increase awareness and education of the disorder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.832 Improving the Lives of Children with Spina Bifida Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s832/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356861</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out pilot programs on furnishing case management services and assisted living to children of Vietnam veterans and certain Korea service veterans born with spina bifida and children of women Vietnam veterans born with certain birth defects, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.144 Expressing support for designation of April 2013 as &quot;National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-hr144/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-08:/action/354699</id>
    <updated>2013-04-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Expressing support for designation of April 2013 as &quot;National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.85 A resolution designating April 2013 as &quot;National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-sr85/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-19:/action/353731</id>
    <updated>2013-03-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution designating April 2013 as &quot;National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.424 A bill to amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a National Pediatric Research Network, including with respect to pediatric rare diseases or conditions.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s424/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-27:/action/351354</id>
    <updated>2013-02-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a National Pediatric Research Network, including with respect to pediatric rare diseases or conditions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.225 National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h225/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-13:/action/347267</id>
    <updated>2013-01-13T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a National Pediatric Research Network, including with respect to pediatric rare diseases or conditions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3461 National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2012</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s3461/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-07-30:/action/337801</id>
    <updated>2012-07-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a National Pediatric Research Network, including with respect to pediatric rare diseases or conditions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6163 National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2012</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h6163/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-07-18:/action/336776</id>
    <updated>2012-07-18T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a National Pediatric Research Network, including with respect to pediatric rare diseases or conditions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3396 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Research Act of 2012</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s3396/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-07-17:/action/336479</id>
    <updated>2012-07-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a national campaign to increase public awareness and knowledge of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.510 A resolution designating the month of June 2012 as &quot;National Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-sr510/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-06-25:/action/334904</id>
    <updated>2012-06-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution designating the month of June 2012 as &quot;National Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3295 Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s3295/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-06-13:/action/333693</id>
    <updated>2012-06-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2474 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2012</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s2474/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-04-25:/action/326928</id>
    <updated>2012-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2954 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2954/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-09-14:/action/308835</id>
    <updated>2011-09-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2679 PREEMIE Reauthorization Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2679/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-27:/action/306430</id>
    <updated>2011-07-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1440 Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s1440/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-27:/action/306511</id>
    <updated>2011-07-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.215 A resolution designating the month of June 2011 as &quot;National Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-sr215/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-22:/action/302396</id>
    <updated>2011-06-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution designating the month of June 2011 as &quot;National Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.873 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide benefits for children with spina bifida of veterans exposed to herbicides while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era outside Vietnam, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s873/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-02:/action/295677</id>
    <updated>2011-05-02T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide benefits for children with spina bifida of veterans exposed to herbicides while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era outside Vietnam, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3953 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide benefits for children with spina bifida of veterans exposed to herbicides while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era outside Vietnam, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s3953/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-11-16:/action/277836</id>
    <updated>2010-11-16T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide benefits for children with spina bifida of veterans exposed to herbicides while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era outside Vietnam, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3906 PREEMIE Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s3906/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-09-28:/action/276530</id>
    <updated>2010-09-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
A bill to reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.1418 Expressing support for increasing awareness of craniofacial anomalies.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-hr1418/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-05-27:/action/264923</id>
    <updated>2010-05-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Expressing support for increasing awareness of craniofacial anomalies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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