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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Women's health services</title>
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  <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.1157 Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176804</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.1157 Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2007</title>
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    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-354.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.1760 Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/action/176625</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Healthy Start Initiative.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 03, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-339.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.1760 Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/action/176624</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Healthy Start Initiative.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 03, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.1157 Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-30:/action/176043</id>
    <updated>2008-09-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 30, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.1157 Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-27:/action/175605</id>
    <updated>2008-09-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 27, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.1760 Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1760/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-26:/action/174167</id>
    <updated>2008-09-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Healthy Start Initiative.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 26, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.1760 Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1760/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-23:/action/174166</id>
    <updated>2008-09-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Healthy Start Initiative.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 23, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2799 Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-02:/action/148851</id>
    <updated>2008-04-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2731 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2731/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-07:/action/147007</id>
    <updated>2008-03-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2569 Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2569/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-29:/action/144220</id>
    <updated>2008-01-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Cancer Institute to make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and the early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2510 Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2510/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-18:/action/141007</id>
    <updated>2007-12-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4107 Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4107/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-07:/action/136032</id>
    <updated>2007-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2279 International Violence Against Women Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2279/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-31:/action/135527</id>
    <updated>2007-10-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to combat international violence against women and girls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2244 Lead Elimination, Abatement, and Poisoning Prevention Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-25:/action/134941</id>
    <updated>2007-10-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out demonstration projects and outreach programs for the identification and abatement of lead hazards, to establish the Joint Task Force on Lead-Based Hazards and the Task Force on Children's Environmental Health and Safety, to strengthen the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.230 Supporting the observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and for other purposes.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-10:/action/132088</id>
    <updated>2007-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Supporting the observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3728 International Women's Freedom Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-02:/action/131262</id>
    <updated>2007-10-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To express United States foreign policy with respect to, and to strengthen United States advocacy on behalf of, individuals persecuted and denied their rights in foreign countries on account of gender, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3689 Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-27:/action/130802</id>
    <updated>2007-09-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Cancer Institute to make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and the early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3620 Homecoming Enhancement Research and Oversight Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-20:/action/129797</id>
    <updated>2007-09-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for a comprehensive national research effort on the physical and mental health and other readjustment needs of the members of the Armed Forces and veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and their families.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3425 Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-03:/action/127423</id>
    <updated>2007-08-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage of screening for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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