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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Motor vehicle safety</title>
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  <updated>2008-08-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act</title>
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    <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 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 Enacted: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act</title>
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    <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 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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    <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>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.3985 Over-the-Road Bus Transportation Accessibility Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3985/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/action/168270</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to register a person providing transportation by an over-the-road bus as a motor carrier of passengers only if the person is willing and able to comply with certain accessibility requirements in addition to other existing requirements, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 30, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-291.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.3985 Over-the-Road Bus Transportation Accessibility Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3985/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/action/168269</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to register a person providing transportation by an over-the-road bus as a motor carrier of passengers only if the person is willing and able to comply with certain accessibility requirements in addition to other existing requirements, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 30, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6630 To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from granting authority to a motor carrier domiciled in Mexico to operate beyond United States municipalities and commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border unless expressly authorized by Congress.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6630/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/action/167894</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from granting authority to a motor carrier domiciled in Mexico to operate beyond United States municipalities and commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border unless expressly authorized by Congress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.3985 Over-the-Road Bus Transportation Accessibility Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3985/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-22:/action/166826</id>
    <updated>2008-07-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to register a person providing transportation by an over-the-road bus as a motor carrier of passengers only if the person is willing and able to comply with certain accessibility requirements in addition to other existing requirements, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 22, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3271 A bill to amend the definition of commercial motor vehicle in section 31101 of title 49, United States Code, to exclude certain farm vehicles, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3271/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-16:/action/166557</id>
    <updated>2008-07-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the definition of commercial motor vehicle in section 31101 of title 49, United States Code, to exclude certain farm vehicles, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.3985 Over-the-Road Bus Transportation Accessibility Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3985/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-14:/action/166126</id>
    <updated>2008-07-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to register a person providing transportation by an over-the-road bus as a motor carrier of passengers only if the person is willing and able to comply with certain accessibility requirements in addition to other existing requirements, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 14, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3021 Safe Truck Operations and Preservation Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3021/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-15:/action/157536</id>
    <updated>2008-05-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to length and weight limitations for buses, trucks, and other large vehicles on Federal highways, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5734 Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5734/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-09:/action/149225</id>
    <updated>2008-04-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To direct the Secretary of Transportation to study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.1216 Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1216/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-28:/action/146301</id>
    <updated>2008-02-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of light motor vehicles, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February 28, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-189.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.1216 Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1216/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-28:/action/146300</id>
    <updated>2008-02-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of light motor vehicles, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February 28, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.304 Expressing the sense of Congress that allowing motor carriers domiciled in Mexico to operate in the United States without adequate regulation jeopardizes the safety and security of United States citizens, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hc304/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-27:/action/146211</id>
    <updated>2008-02-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Expressing the sense of Congress that allowing motor carriers domiciled in Mexico to operate in the United States without adequate regulation jeopardizes the safety and security of United States citizens, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2663 CPSC Reform Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2663/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-25:/action/145999</id>
    <updated>2008-02-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reform the Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater protection for children's products, to improve the screening of noncompliant consumer products, to improve the effectiveness of consumer product recall programs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.1216 Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1216/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-25:/action/145969</id>
    <updated>2008-02-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of light motor vehicles, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February 25, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.1216 Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1216/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-14:/action/145968</id>
    <updated>2008-02-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of light motor vehicles, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February 14, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.964 Resolution promoting the safe operation of 15-passenger vans.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr964/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-07:/action/144847</id>
    <updated>2008-02-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Resolution promoting the safe operation of 15-passenger vans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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