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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Epidemiology</title>
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  <updated>2008-10-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.1532 Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007</title>
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    <updated>2008-10-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 13, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-392.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.1532 Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1532/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-13:/action/177157</id>
    <updated>2008-10-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 13, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.1810 Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1810/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176843</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.1382 ALS Registry Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1382/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176841</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide the establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.1810 Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1810/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176844</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-374.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.1382 ALS Registry Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1382/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/176842</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide the establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-373.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.1532 Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1532/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/action/176575</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 03, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.1810 Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1810/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-29:/action/175825</id>
    <updated>2008-09-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 29, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.1382 ALS Registry Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1382/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-29:/action/175813</id>
    <updated>2008-09-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide the establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 29, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.1532 Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1532/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-27:/action/175606</id>
    <updated>2008-09-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 27, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.1382 ALS Registry Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1382/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-26:/action/174150</id>
    <updated>2008-09-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide the establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 26, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.1810 Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1810/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-25:/action/174172</id>
    <updated>2008-09-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 25, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6203 Cure and Understanding through Research for Alzheimer's Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6203/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-05:/action/159359</id>
    <updated>2008-06-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure sufficient resources and increase efforts for research at the National Institutes of Health relating to Alzheimer's disease, to authorize an education and outreach program to promote public awareness and risk reduction with respect to Alzheimer's disease (with particular emphasis on education and outreach in Hispanic populations), and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3092 CURA Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3092/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-05:/action/159208</id>
    <updated>2008-06-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure sufficient resources and increase efforts for research at the National Institutes of Health relating to Alzheimer's disease, to authorize an education and outreach program to promote public awareness and risk reduction with respect to Alzheimer's disease (with particular emphasis on education and outreach in Hispanic populations), and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2983 Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2983/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-06:/action/156266</id>
    <updated>2008-05-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to prevent and cure diabetes and to promote and improve the care of individuals with diabetes for the reduction of health disparities within racial and ethnic minority groups, including the African-American, Hispanic American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and American Indian and Alaskan Native communities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.793 Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s793/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-28:/action/151713</id>
    <updated>2008-04-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for the expansion and improvement of traumatic brain injury programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 28, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.793 Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s793/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-28:/action/151714</id>
    <updated>2008-04-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for the expansion and improvement of traumatic brain injury programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 28, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-206.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.1858 Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1858/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-24:/action/151142</id>
    <updated>2008-04-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, to reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 24, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5897 Travel Trailer Residents' Health Registry Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5897/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-24:/action/151404</id>
    <updated>2008-04-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish a health registry to ensure that certain individuals who may have been exposed to formaldehyde in a travel trailer have an opportunity to register for such registry and receive medical treatment for such exposure, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Enacted: S.1858 Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1858/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-24:/action/151143</id>
    <updated>2008-04-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, to reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 24, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-204.    </content>
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