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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Lighting</title>
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  <updated>2008-09-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/5178</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-25:/action/174495</id>
    <updated>2008-09-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.3221 Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3221/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/action/168016</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 29, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.3221 Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/action/168017</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 29, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-289.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.3221 Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-28:/action/167619</id>
    <updated>2008-07-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 28, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.3221 Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3221/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-25:/action/167618</id>
    <updated>2008-07-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 25, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.2642 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2642/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-29:/action/164847</id>
    <updated>2008-06-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 29, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.2642 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2642/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-29:/action/164848</id>
    <updated>2008-06-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 29, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-252.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.2642 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2642/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-26:/action/163772</id>
    <updated>2008-06-26T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 26, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.2642 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2642/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-25:/action/163770</id>
    <updated>2008-06-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 25, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.2419 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2419/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-21:/action/158937</id>
    <updated>2008-05-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 21, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-234.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Vetoed: H.R.2419 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2419/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-20:/action/158626</id>
    <updated>2008-05-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 20, 2008: Vetoed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.2419 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2419/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-19:/action/158625</id>
    <updated>2008-05-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 19, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.2419 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2419/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-14:/action/157541</id>
    <updated>2008-05-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 14, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2941 Runway Safety Improvement Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2941/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-29:/action/151826</id>
    <updated>2008-04-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to improve airport runway safety, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5616 Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5616/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-12:/action/147961</id>
    <updated>2008-03-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the repeal of the phase out of incandescent light bulbs unless the Comptroller General makes certain specific findings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5401 Grants for Renewable and Energy Efficiency Needs School Improvement Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5401/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-11:/action/145197</id>
    <updated>2008-02-11T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants for energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy improvements at public school facilities, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5232 To provide that no Federal or State requirement to increase energy efficient lighting in public buildings shall require a hospital, school, day care center, mental health facility, or nursing home to install or utilize such energy efficient lighting if the lighting contains mercury.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5232/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-05:/action/144631</id>
    <updated>2008-02-05T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide that no Federal or State requirement to increase energy efficient lighting in public buildings shall require a hospital, school, day care center, mental health facility, or nursing home to install or utilize such energy efficient lighting if the lighting contains mercury.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5124 Reinstatement of the Secure Fence Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5124/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-22:/action/142269</id>
    <updated>2008-01-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to provide for two-layered, 14-foot reinforced fencing along the southwest border, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4987 Fence By Date Certain Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4987/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-15:/action/141909</id>
    <updated>2008-01-15T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To require construction of fencing and security improvements in the border area from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.6 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-18:/action/141065</id>
    <updated>2007-12-18T19:00:00Z</updated>
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An Act to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers from price gouging, to increase the energy efficiency of products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 18, 2007: Signed by President.    </content>
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