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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Congressional oversight</title>
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  <updated>2013-05-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.954 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013</title>
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    <updated>2013-05-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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An original bill to reauthorize agricultural programs through 2018.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.928 Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358252</id>
    <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processing of claims for compensation under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.918 American Dream Accounts Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358442</id>
    <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to award grants in order to establish longitudinal personal college readiness and savings online platforms for low-income students.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.929 Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358428</id>
    <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to impose sanctions on individuals who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against nationals of Vietnam or their family members, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.913 Oilheat Efficiency, Renewable Fuel Research and Jobs Training Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358450</id>
    <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 2000 to reauthorize and improve that Act, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.911 Emergency Transportation Safety Fund Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358399</id>
    <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to establish an emergency transportation safety fund, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.916 American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358444</id>
    <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.894 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend expiring authority for work-study allowances for individuals who are pursuing programs of rehabilitation, education, or training under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to expand such authority to certain outreach services provided through congressional offices, and for other purposes.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/357987</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend expiring authority for work-study allowances for individuals who are pursuing programs of rehabilitation, education, or training under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to expand such authority to certain outreach services provided through congressional offices, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.895 Antimicrobial Data Collection Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/358192</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to improve the ability of the Food and Drug Administration to study the use of antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.133 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the States should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/358134</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the States should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.131 A resolution recommending the designation of a Presidential Special Envoy to the Balkans to evaluate the successes and shortcomings of the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to provide policy recommendations, and to report back to Congress within one year.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/358155</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution recommending the designation of a Presidential Special Envoy to the Balkans to evaluate the successes and shortcomings of the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to provide policy recommendations, and to report back to Congress within one year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.904 STRONG Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s904/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/358199</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to minimize the economic and social costs resulting from losses of life, property, well-being, business activity, and economic growth associated with extreme weather events by ensuring that the United States is more resilient to the impacts of extreme weather events in the short- and long-term, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.884 Deter Cyber Theft Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-06:/action/357881</id>
    <updated>2013-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to develop a watch list and a priority watch list of foreign countries that engage in economic or industrial espionage in cyberspace with respect to United States trade secrets or proprietary information, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.883 Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-06:/action/357840</id>
    <updated>2013-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reform and modernize domestic refugee resettlement programs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.889 Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-06:/action/357919</id>
    <updated>2013-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.860 Rural Energy Investment Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-05:/action/357672</id>
    <updated>2013-05-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to improve energy programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.856 Syria Stabilization Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-05:/action/357707</id>
    <updated>2013-05-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to foster stability in Syria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.1765 Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-30:/action/357412</id>
    <updated>2013-04-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide the Secretary of Transportation with the flexibility to transfer certain funds to prevent reduced operations and staffing of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 30, 2013: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.1765 Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-30:/action/357479</id>
    <updated>2013-04-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide the Secretary of Transportation with the flexibility to transfer certain funds to prevent reduced operations and staffing of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 30, 2013: Became Public Law No: 113-9.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.1765 Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-29:/action/357387</id>
    <updated>2013-04-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide the Secretary of Transportation with the flexibility to transfer certain funds to prevent reduced operations and staffing of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 29, 2013: Presented to President.    </content>
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