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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Radiation victims</title>
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  <updated>2008-06-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3181 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-22:/action/164686</id>
    <updated>2008-06-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security 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 Introduced: H.R.6121 To provide for health care benefits for certain nuclear facility workers.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6121/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-20:/action/157871</id>
    <updated>2008-05-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for health care benefits for certain nuclear facility workers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2848 A bill to provide for health care benefits for certain nuclear facility workers.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2848/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-09:/action/149722</id>
    <updated>2008-04-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for health care benefits for certain nuclear facility workers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2589 Ed Walker Memorial Act for Improvements to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2589/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-03:/action/144435</id>
    <updated>2008-02-03T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4052 Atomic Veterans Relief Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4052/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-31:/action/135615</id>
    <updated>2007-10-31T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2208 Safety for Americans from Nuclear Weapons Testing Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2208/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-18:/action/133551</id>
    <updated>2007-10-18T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to protect public health and safety in the event that testing of nuclear weapons by the United States is resumed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3794 Recognition of Forgotten Atomic Veterans and their Surviving Spouses Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3794/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-09:/action/132024</id>
    <updated>2007-10-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve the availability of benefits for veterans and the surviving spouses of veterans who were exposed while in military service to ionizing radiation, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3795 You Were There, You Get Care Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3795/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-09:/action/132028</id>
    <updated>2007-10-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that veterans of service in the 1991 Persian Gulf War and subsequent conflicts shall be considered to be radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1820 A bill to better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1820/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-07-18:/action/123266</id>
    <updated>2007-07-18T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1756 Republic of the Marshall Islands Supplemental Nuclear Compensation Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1756/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-07-09:/action/122055</id>
    <updated>2007-07-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide supplemental ex gratia compensation to the Republic of the Marshall Islands for impacts of the nuclear testing program of the United States, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1686 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1686/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-24:/action/119731</id>
    <updated>2007-06-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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An original bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2383 Safety for Americans from Nuclear Weapons Testing Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2383/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-16:/action/112883</id>
    <updated>2007-05-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To protect public health and safety, should the testing of nuclear weapons by the United States be resumed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2243 To better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2243/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-08:/action/111656</id>
    <updated>2007-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2255 EEOICPA Ombudsman Extension and Enhancement Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2255/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-08:/action/111688</id>
    <updated>2007-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to extend and increase the authority for the ombudsman under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1345 To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1345/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-05:/action/95434</id>
    <updated>2007-03-05T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.776 A bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s776/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-05:/action/95680</id>
    <updated>2007-03-05T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.729 Rocky Flats Special Exposure Cohort Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s729/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-28:/action/94710</id>
    <updated>2007-02-28T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Rocky Flats site in Colorado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.650 Nevada Test Site Veterans' Compensation Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s650/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-14:/action/93751</id>
    <updated>2007-02-14T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to provide for certain nuclear weapons program workers to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort under the compensation program established by that Act.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.904 Rocky Flats Special Exposure Cohort Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h904/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-06:/action/92927</id>
    <updated>2007-02-06T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Rocky Flats site in Colorado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.383 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period of eligibility for health care for combat service in the Persian Gulf War or future hostilities from two years to five years after discharge or release.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s383/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-23:/action/107117</id>
    <updated>2007-01-23T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period of eligibility for health care for combat service in the Persian Gulf War or future hostilities from two years to five years after discharge or release.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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