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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Class actions (Civil procedure)</title>
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  <updated>2008-05-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/6232</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3033 Securities Litigation Attorney Accountability and Transparency Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3033/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-19:/action/158008</id>
    <updated>2008-05-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to protect investors by fostering transparency and accountability of attorneys in private securities litigation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5463 Securities Litigation Attorney Accountability and Transparency Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5463/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-14:/action/145748</id>
    <updated>2008-02-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To protect investors by fostering transparency and accountability of attorneys in private securities litigation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5234 Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5234/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-06:/action/144574</id>
    <updated>2008-02-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 18, United States Code, and the Social Security Act to limit the misuse of Social Security numbers, to establish criminal penalties for such misuse, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3995 To protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits on behalf of such resident.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3995/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-30:/action/135223</id>
    <updated>2007-10-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits on behalf of such resident.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3931 Securities Litigation Attorney Accountability and Transparency Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3931/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-23:/action/134544</id>
    <updated>2007-10-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To protect investors by fostering transparency and accountability of attorneys in private securities litigation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3915 Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3915/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-22:/action/134327</id>
    <updated>2007-10-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices, to establish licensing and registration requirements for residential mortgage originators, to provide certain minimum standards for consumer mortgage loans, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3369 To provide compensation for United States citizens taken hostage by terrorists or state sponsors of terrorism.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3369/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-03:/action/127275</id>
    <updated>2007-08-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide compensation for United States citizens taken hostage by terrorists or state sponsors of terrorism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3346 To provide compensation for United States citizens taken hostage by terrorists or state sponsors of terrorism.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3346/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-02:/action/126950</id>
    <updated>2007-08-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide compensation for United States citizens taken hostage by terrorists or state sponsors of terrorism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1269 Engaging the Nation to Fight for Our Right to Control Entry Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1269/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-02:/action/110659</id>
    <updated>2007-05-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to improve border security in the United States and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1260 Data Security Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1260/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-01:/action/110473</id>
    <updated>2007-05-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to protect information relating to consumers, to require notice of security breaches, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2019 Fair Pay Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2019/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-04-24:/action/116694</id>
    <updated>2007-04-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1087 Fair Pay Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1087/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-04-11:/action/108227</id>
    <updated>2007-04-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1685 Data Security Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1685/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-26:/action/107249</id>
    <updated>2007-03-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To protect information relating to consumers, to require notice of security breaches, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.766 Paycheck Fairness Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s766/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-06:/action/95659</id>
    <updated>2007-03-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies of victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1338 Paycheck Fairness Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1338/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-06:/action/95420</id>
    <updated>2007-03-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.558 African-American Farmers Benefits Relief Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h558/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-18:/action/90929</id>
    <updated>2007-01-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide relief for African-American farmers filing claims in the cases of Pigford v. Veneman and Brewington v. Veneman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.238 Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s238/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-10:/action/90311</id>
    <updated>2007-01-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the misuse of Social Security numbers, to establish criminal penalties for such misuse, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.394 To provide for payment of certain claims against the Government of Iran.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h394/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-10:/action/90074</id>
    <updated>2007-01-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for payment of certain claims against the Government of Iran.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3811 A bill to require the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who performed slave labor for Japanese industries during World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-s3811/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-08-03:/action/40968</id>
    <updated>2006-08-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who performed slave labor for Japanese industries during World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5972 To provide for the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who, as prisoners of war, performed slave labor for Japanese corporations during World War II, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to accept contributions in order to provide additional compensation to such members and employees, to encourage Japanese corporations that benefitted from the use of slave labor to make contributions for such additional compensation, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-h5972/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-07-28:/action/40442</id>
    <updated>2006-07-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who, as prisoners of war, performed slave labor for Japanese corporations during World War II, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to accept contributions in order to provide additional compensation to such members and employees, to encourage Japanese corporations that benefitted from the use of slave labor to make contributions for such additional compensation, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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