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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Child safety</title>
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  <updated>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/5182</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6934 Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-17:/action/171961</id>
    <updated>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4040/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-31:/action/168828</id>
    <updated>2008-08-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 31, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4040/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/action/168952</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 14, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-314.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4040/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/action/168951</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 14, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4040/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-06:/action/168919</id>
    <updated>2008-08-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 06, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3378 Safety for Our Schoolchildren Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3378/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-31:/action/170312</id>
    <updated>2008-07-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require all public school employees and those employed in connection with a public school to receive FBI background checks prior to being hired, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4040/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-31:/action/168901</id>
    <updated>2008-07-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 31, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
  </entry>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.3218 Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3218/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/action/168377</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to extend the pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 30, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-296.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.3218 Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3218/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/action/168376</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to extend the pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 30, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3297 Advancing America's Priorities Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3297/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-22:/action/167019</id>
    <updated>2008-07-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to advance America's priorities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.3218 Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3218/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-22:/action/166917</id>
    <updated>2008-07-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to extend the pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 22, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.814 Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h814/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-17:/action/166453</id>
    <updated>2008-07-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 17, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.814 Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h814/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-17:/action/166618</id>
    <updated>2008-07-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 17, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-278.    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.3218 Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3218/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-14:/action/166234</id>
    <updated>2008-07-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to extend the pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 14, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6490 Promoting the Safe Use of the Internet by Students Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6490/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-14:/action/166064</id>
    <updated>2008-07-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to promote the safe use of the Internet by students, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.1320 Expressing support for designation of July 10, 2008, as &quot;National Summer Learning Day&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr1320/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-08:/action/165494</id>
    <updated>2008-07-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Expressing support for designation of July 10, 2008, as &quot;National Summer Learning Day&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3230 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3230/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-08:/action/165511</id>
    <updated>2008-07-08T00:00:00Z</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, 2009, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.814 Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h814/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-07:/action/165337</id>
    <updated>2008-07-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 07, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.607 A resolution designating July 10, 2008, as &quot;National Summer Learning Day&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-sr607/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-07:/action/165351</id>
    <updated>2008-07-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution designating July 10, 2008, as &quot;National Summer Learning Day&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3218 Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3218/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-26:/action/164774</id>
    <updated>2008-06-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to extend the pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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