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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Translating and interpreting</title>
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  <updated>2008-09-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3487 Serve America Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-11:/action/171172</id>
    <updated>2008-09-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expand and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6331/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-14:/action/166449</id>
    <updated>2008-07-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 14, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-275.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Vetoed: H.R.6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6331/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-14:/action/166176</id>
    <updated>2008-07-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 14, 2008: Vetoed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6331/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-09:/action/166175</id>
    <updated>2008-07-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 09, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6331/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-08:/action/165582</id>
    <updated>2008-07-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 08, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6331/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-19:/action/161720</id>
    <updated>2008-06-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3114 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3114/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-10:/action/159863</id>
    <updated>2008-06-10T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide safeguards against faulty asylum procedures, to improve conditions of detention for detainees, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6043 To provide for an evaluation factor for defense contractors employing or subcontracting with recipients of certain special immigrant visas.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6043/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-12:/action/156927</id>
    <updated>2008-05-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for an evaluation factor for defense contractors employing or subcontracting with recipients of certain special immigrant visas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5544 Patients and Public Health Partnership Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5544/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-05:/action/146896</id>
    <updated>2008-03-05T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a demonstration project for integrated health systems to expand access to primary and preventive care for the medically underserved, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Vetoed: H.R.3963 SCHIP Extension bill</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-11:/action/139864</id>
    <updated>2007-12-11T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 11, 2007: Vetoed by President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.3963 SCHIP Extension bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3963/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-29:/action/138262</id>
    <updated>2007-11-29T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 29, 2007: Presented to President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.3963 SCHIP Extension bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3963/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-31:/action/135790</id>
    <updated>2007-10-31T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 31, 2007: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4012 Native American Veterans Language Assistance Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4012/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-29:/action/135264</id>
    <updated>2007-10-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish a grant program to provide Native American veterans with language resources to facilitate access to medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3963 SCHIP Extension bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3963/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-23:/action/134764</id>
    <updated>2007-10-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3887 Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3887/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-17:/action/132766</id>
    <updated>2007-10-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat forced labor, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3824 REPAIR Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3824/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-11:/action/134161</id>
    <updated>2007-10-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide assistance to Iraqi nationals who supported the United States, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3728 International Women's Freedom Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3728/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-01:/action/131262</id>
    <updated>2007-10-01T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To express United States foreign policy with respect to, and to strengthen United States advocacy on behalf of, individuals persecuted and denied their rights in foreign countries on account of gender, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2018 A bill to allow the Department of Housing and Urban Development to better serve persons with limited proficiency in the English language by providing technical assistance to recipients of Federal funds.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2018/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-04:/action/128453</id>
    <updated>2007-09-04T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to allow the Department of Housing and Urban Development to better serve persons with limited proficiency in the English language by providing technical assistance to recipients of Federal funds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.1 Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-02:/action/126722</id>
    <updated>2007-08-02T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Reserved for Speaker.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 02, 2007: Became Public Law No: 110-53.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.1 Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-02:/action/126721</id>
    <updated>2007-08-02T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Reserved for Speaker.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 02, 2007: Signed by President.    </content>
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