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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Firearms control</title>
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  <updated>2008-09-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/5545</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3499 An original bill to protect innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3499/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-16:/action/171694</id>
    <updated>2008-09-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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An original bill to protect innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6842 National Capital Security and Safety Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6842/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-09:/action/170662</id>
    <updated>2008-09-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the District of Columbia to revise its laws regarding the use and possession of firearms as necessary to comply with the requirements of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, in a manner that protects the security interests of the Federal government and the people who work in, reside in, or visit the District of Columbia and does not undermine the efforts of law enforcement, homeland security, and military officials to protect the Nation's capital from crime and terrorism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3207 Respecting States Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3207/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-26:/action/164747</id>
    <updated>2008-06-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed carry permits from the State in which they reside to carry concealed firearms in another State that grants concealed carry permits, if the individual complies with the laws of the State.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3167 Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3167/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-19:/action/161517</id>
    <updated>2008-06-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which veterans, their surviving spouses, and their children may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6216 Asset Management Improvement Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6216/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-09:/action/159539</id>
    <updated>2008-06-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve the Operating Fund for public housing of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6028 Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6028/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-13:/action/157021</id>
    <updated>2008-05-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize law enforcement and security assistance, and assistance to enhance the rule of law and strengthen civilian institutions, for Mexico and the countries of Central America, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2935 PROTECT Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2935/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-29:/action/151662</id>
    <updated>2008-04-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to prevent the destruction of terrorist and criminal national instant criminal background check system records.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5865 To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require a court adjudication before certain veterans may be denied the right to possess a firearm, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5865/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-22:/action/150676</id>
    <updated>2008-04-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require a court adjudication before certain veterans may be denied the right to possess a firearm, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5829 Public Housing Asset Management Improvement Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5829/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-17:/action/150501</id>
    <updated>2008-04-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve the Operating Fund for public housing of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5782 Secure Access to Firearms Enhancement Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5782/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-14:/action/149866</id>
    <updated>2008-04-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for reciprocity in regard to the manner in which nonresidents of a State may carry certain concealed firearms in that State.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2807 Land and Liberty Protection Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2807/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-02:/action/148829</id>
    <updated>2008-04-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to protect the liberty and property of all Americans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5646 Protecting the Second Amendment and Hunting Rights on Federal Lands Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5646/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-14:/action/147969</id>
    <updated>2008-03-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To protect the second amendment rights of individuals to carry firearms and ammunition in units of the National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System and to require that hunting activities be a land use in all management plans for Federal land to the extent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the Federal land is managed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5434 Protecting Americans from Violent Crime Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5434/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-13:/action/145409</id>
    <updated>2008-02-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To protect innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2619 Protecting Americans from Violent Crime Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2619/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-08:/action/145079</id>
    <updated>2008-02-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to protect innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2605 A bill to require certain semiautomatic pistols manufactured, imported, or sold by Federal firearms licensees to be capable of microstamping ammunition.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2605/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-07:/action/144706</id>
    <updated>2008-02-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require certain semiautomatic pistols manufactured, imported, or sold by Federal firearms licensees to be capable of microstamping ammunition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5266 National Crime Gun Identification Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5266/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-07:/action/144722</id>
    <updated>2008-02-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require certain semiautomatic pistols manufactured, imported, or sold by Federal firearms licensees to be capable of microstamping ammunition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2577 Gun Show Background Check Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2577/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-30:/action/144359</id>
    <updated>2008-01-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to establish background check procedures for gun shows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.2640 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2640/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-08:/action/141747</id>
    <updated>2008-01-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-180.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.2640 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2640/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-08:/action/141742</id>
    <updated>2008-01-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 08, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.2640 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2640/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-04:/action/141741</id>
    <updated>2008-01-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 04, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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