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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Slavery</title>
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  <updated>2008-10-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.3477 Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008</title>
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    <updated>2008-10-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to authorize grants for Presidential Centers of Historical Excellence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 12, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-404.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.3477 Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008</title>
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    <updated>2008-10-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to authorize grants for Presidential Centers of Historical Excellence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 12, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act</title>
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    <updated>2008-10-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 06, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-06:/action/176803</id>
    <updated>2008-10-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 06, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-344.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.3477 Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008</title>
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    <updated>2008-10-02T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to authorize grants for Presidential Centers of Historical Excellence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 02, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.3477 Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-26:/action/178272</id>
    <updated>2008-09-26T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to authorize grants for Presidential Centers of Historical Excellence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 26, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-25:/action/174108</id>
    <updated>2008-09-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 25, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h923/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-23:/action/173620</id>
    <updated>2008-09-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 23, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.923 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h923/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-22:/action/173099</id>
    <updated>2008-09-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 22, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3477 Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-10:/action/171118</id>
    <updated>2008-09-10T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to authorize grants for Presidential Centers of Historical Excellence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/action/168296</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 29, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5501/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/action/168297</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 29, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-293.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5501/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-24:/action/167441</id>
    <updated>2008-07-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 24, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5501/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-23:/action/167440</id>
    <updated>2008-07-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 23, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3297 Advancing America's Priorities Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-21:/action/167019</id>
    <updated>2008-07-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to advance America's priorities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.584 A resolution recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day and expressing the sense of the Senate that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-04:/action/159276</id>
    <updated>2008-06-04T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day and expressing the sense of the Senate that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.1237 Recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and more effectively facing the challenges of the future.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-03:/action/159125</id>
    <updated>2008-06-03T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and more effectively facing the challenges of the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3061 William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-21:/action/158680</id>
    <updated>2008-05-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.2739 Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-07:/action/156738</id>
    <updated>2008-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy, to implement further the Act approving the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, to amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 07, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-229.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.2739 Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-07:/action/156737</id>
    <updated>2008-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy, to implement further the Act approving the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, to amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 07, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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