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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Dietary supplements</title>
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  <updated>2007-08-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/6148</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3340 To amend the Agricultural Manufacturing Act of 1946 to require labeling of raw agricultural forms of ginseng, including the country of harvest, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3340/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-02:/action/126938</id>
    <updated>2007-08-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Agricultural Manufacturing Act of 1946 to require labeling of raw agricultural forms of ginseng, including the country of harvest, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1953 Ginseng Harvest Labeling Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1953/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-02:/action/126602</id>
    <updated>2007-08-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Agricultural Manufacturing Act of 1946 to require labeling of raw agricultural forms of ginseng, including the country of harvest, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2719 Dietary Supplement Tax Fairness Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2719/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-14:/action/118271</id>
    <updated>2007-06-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that amounts paid for foods for special dietary use, dietary supplements, or medical foods shall be treated as medical expenses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2718 DSHEA Full Implementation and Enforcement Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2718/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-14:/action/118269</id>
    <updated>2007-06-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To ensure that the goals of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 are met by authorizing appropriations to fully enforce and implement such Act and the amendments made by such Act, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2717 Access to Medical Treatment Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2717/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-14:/action/118267</id>
    <updated>2007-06-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2117 Health Freedom Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2117/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-02:/action/110607</id>
    <updated>2007-05-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act concerning foods and dietary supplements, to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act concerning the burden of proof in false advertising cases, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.770 Food Stamp Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s770/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-06:/action/95667</id>
    <updated>2007-03-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to permit participating households to use food stamp benefits to purchase nutritional supplements providing vitamins or minerals, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1107 Dietary Supplement and Healthy Meal Replacement Tax Parity Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1107/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-15:/action/93631</id>
    <updated>2007-02-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat expenses for certain meal replacement and dietary supplement products that qualify for FDA-approved health claims as expenses for medical care.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.3546 Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-s3546/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-12-22:/action/87210</id>
    <updated>2006-12-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to serious adverse event reporting for dietary supplements and nonprescription drugs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 22, 2006: Became Public Law No: 109-462.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.3546 Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-s3546/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-12-22:/action/87209</id>
    <updated>2006-12-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to serious adverse event reporting for dietary supplements and nonprescription drugs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 22, 2006: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.3546 Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-s3546/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-12-20:/action/87208</id>
    <updated>2006-12-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to serious adverse event reporting for dietary supplements and nonprescription drugs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 20, 2006: Presented to President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.3546 Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-s3546/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-12-09:/action/87202</id>
    <updated>2006-12-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to serious adverse event reporting for dietary supplements and nonprescription drugs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 09, 2006: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3546 Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-s3546/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-06-21:/action/40207</id>
    <updated>2006-06-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to serious adverse event reporting for dietary supplements and nonprescription drugs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3128 National Uniformity for Food Act of 2006</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-s3128/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-05-25:/action/41915</id>
    <updated>2006-05-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2618 Access to Medical Treatment Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-s2618/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-04-07:/action/50858</id>
    <updated>2006-04-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.562 Reaffirming the position of the Government of the United States that the sanitary and phytosanitary guidelines for vitamin and mineral food supplements adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission at its Twenty-eighth Session from July 4-9, 2005, are not binding on the United States.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-hr562/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2005-11-17:/action/57712</id>
    <updated>2005-11-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Reaffirming the position of the Government of the United States that the sanitary and phytosanitary guidelines for vitamin and mineral food supplements adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission at its Twenty-eighth Session from July 4-9, 2005, are not binding on the United States.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4282 Health Freedom Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-h4282/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2005-11-09:/action/58344</id>
    <updated>2005-11-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act concerning foods and dietary supplements, to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act concerning the burden of proof in false advertising cases, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4167 National Uniformity for Food Act of 2005</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-h4167/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2005-10-27:/action/53128</id>
    <updated>2005-10-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1546 Food Stamp Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2005</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-s1546/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2005-07-28:/action/65535</id>
    <updated>2005-07-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to permit participating households to use food stamp benefits to purchase nutritional supplements providing vitamins or minerals, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3156 Dietary Supplement Access and Awareness Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-h3156/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2005-06-30:/action/67806</id>
    <updated>2005-06-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to dietary supplements.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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