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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Cytology</title>
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  <updated>2008-04-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/6743</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2863 Ethical Stem Cell Research Tax Credit Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2863/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-14:/action/150065</id>
    <updated>2008-04-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income tax credit for certain stem cell research expenditures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2510 Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2510/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-17:/action/141007</id>
    <updated>2007-12-17T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Vetoed: H.R.3043 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3043/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-12:/action/136537</id>
    <updated>2007-11-12T19:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 12, 2007: Vetoed by President.    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.3043 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3043/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-07:/action/136123</id>
    <updated>2007-11-07T19:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 07, 2007: Presented to President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.3043 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3043/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-07:/action/136122</id>
    <updated>2007-11-07T19:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 07, 2007: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3043 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3043/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-07-12:/action/122550</id>
    <updated>2007-07-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2807 Patients First Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2807/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-20:/action/119349</id>
    <updated>2007-06-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Vetoed: S.5 Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s5/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-19:/action/118970</id>
    <updated>2007-06-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 19, 2007: Vetoed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2731 Safe Tissue Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2731/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-13:/action/118302</id>
    <updated>2007-06-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve the oversight and regulation of tissue banks and the tissue donation process, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.5 Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s5/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-11:/action/117724</id>
    <updated>2007-06-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 11, 2007: Presented to President.    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.5 Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s5/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-06:/action/117465</id>
    <updated>2007-06-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 06, 2007: Cleared for White House.    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1479 Safe Tissue Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1479/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-23:/action/114127</id>
    <updated>2007-05-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
A bill to improve the oversight and regulation of tissue banks and the tissue donation process, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1892 National Amniotic and Placental Stem Cell Bank Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1892/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-04-16:/action/108495</id>
    <updated>2007-04-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a National Amniotic and Placental Stem Cell Bank.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.30 Hope Offered through Principled and Ethical Stem Cell Research Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s30/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-28:/action/107971</id>
    <updated>2007-03-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to intensify research to derive human pluripotent stem cell lines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.997 A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s997/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-26:/action/107486</id>
    <updated>2007-03-26T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.957 Amniotic Fluid and Placental Stem Cell Banking Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s957/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-21:/action/97382</id>
    <updated>2007-03-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
A bill to provide for the collection and maintenance of amniotic fluid and placental stem cells for the treatment of patients and research.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.812 Human Cloning Ban and Stem Cell Research Protection Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s812/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-07:/action/95750</id>
    <updated>2007-03-07T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to prohibit human cloning and protect stem cell research.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1237 Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1237/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-27:/action/94355</id>
    <updated>2007-02-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.363 HOPE Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s363/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-22:/action/91618</id>
    <updated>2007-01-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
A bill to provide increased Federal funding for stem cell research, to expand the number of embryonic stem cell lines available for Federally funded research, to provide ethical guidelines for stem cell research, to derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not create an embryo or embryos for research or knowingly harm human embryo or embryos, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.362 Stem Cell Research Expansion Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s362/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-22:/action/91616</id>
    <updated>2007-01-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
A bill to expand the number of embryonic stem cell lines available for Federally funded research.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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