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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Black colleges</title>
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  <updated>2008-12-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.2040 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-02:/action/178660</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 02, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-451.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.2040 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-02:/action/178659</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 02, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.2040 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-25:/action/178658</id>
    <updated>2008-11-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 25, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.2040 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2040/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-19:/action/178656</id>
    <updated>2008-11-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 19, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3574 Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones College Fire Prevention Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-25:/action/178468</id>
    <updated>2008-09-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program within the Department of Education to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in qualified student housing and dormitories, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-31:/action/168829</id>
    <updated>2008-08-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 31, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/action/168953</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 14, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/action/168954</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 14, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-315.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4137/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-06:/action/168920</id>
    <updated>2008-08-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 06, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-31:/action/168902</id>
    <updated>2008-07-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 31, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.622 A resolution designating the week beginning September 7, 2008, as &quot;National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-sr622/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-24:/action/167411</id>
    <updated>2008-07-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution designating the week beginning September 7, 2008, as &quot;National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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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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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.2419 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-22:/action/158937</id>
    <updated>2008-05-22T00:00:00Z</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 22, 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>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-21:/action/158626</id>
    <updated>2008-05-21T00:00:00Z</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: 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,2008-05-20:/action/158625</id>
    <updated>2008-05-20T00:00:00Z</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: 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,2008-05-15:/action/157541</id>
    <updated>2008-05-15T00:00:00Z</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 15, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2894 Private Student Loan Transparency and Improvement Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2894/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-21:/action/150591</id>
    <updated>2008-04-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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An original bill to establish requirements for private lenders to protect student borrowers receiving private educational loans, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5658 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5658/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-31:/action/148545</id>
    <updated>2008-03-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5563 Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5563/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-10:/action/147101</id>
    <updated>2008-03-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To reauthorize and reform the national service laws.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4652 Environmental Justice Access and Implementation Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-13:/action/140254</id>
    <updated>2007-12-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To direct each Federal agency to establish an Environmental Justice Office, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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