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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Jamaica</title>
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  <updated>2009-06-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/6867</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3081 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-26:/action/201531</id>
    <updated>2009-06-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2475 Western Hemisphere Counterterrorism and Nonproliferation Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h2475/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-05-19:/action/195829</id>
    <updated>2009-05-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 2010 and 2011, to modernize the Foreign Service, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.17 Expressing the sense of Congress with regard to providing humanitarian assistance to countries of the Caribbean devastated by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike and Tropical Storms Fay and Hanna.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-hc17/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/action/180316</id>
    <updated>2009-01-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Expressing the sense of Congress with regard to providing humanitarian assistance to countries of the Caribbean devastated by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike and Tropical Storms Fay and Hanna.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.416 Shirley A. Chisholm United States-Caribbean Educational Exchange Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h416/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/action/180218</id>
    <updated>2009-01-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize the establishment of educational exchange and development programs for member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5501/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/action/168296</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 30, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5501/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/action/168297</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 30, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-293.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5501/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-25:/action/167441</id>
    <updated>2008-07-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 25, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5501/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-24:/action/167440</id>
    <updated>2008-07-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 24, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5501/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-27:/action/146175</id>
    <updated>2008-02-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.696 Expressing gratitude for the foreign guest laborers, known as Braceros, who worked in the United States during the period from 1942 to 1964.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr696/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-01:/action/131104</id>
    <updated>2007-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Expressing gratitude for the foreign guest laborers, known as Braceros, who worked in the United States during the period from 1942 to 1964.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.418 Recognizing and welcoming the delegation of Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Foreign Ministers from the Caribbean to Washington, D.C., and commending the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for holding the Conference on the Caribbean.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr418/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-21:/action/113195</id>
    <updated>2007-05-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Recognizing and welcoming the delegation of Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Foreign Ministers from the Caribbean to Washington, D.C., and commending the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for holding the Conference on the Caribbean.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.848 To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize assistance to combat HIV/AIDS in certain countries of the Caribbean region.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h848/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-06:/action/92690</id>
    <updated>2007-02-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize assistance to combat HIV/AIDS in certain countries of the Caribbean region.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.762 Caribbean Basin Trade Enhancement Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h762/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-31:/action/92233</id>
    <updated>2007-01-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for voluntary contributions on a grant basis to the Organization of American States (OAS) to establish a Center for Caribbean Basin Trade and to establish a skills-based training program for Caribbean Basin countries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.80 Commending Wilfred George Gooden for his distinguished career of service, humanitarian efforts, and philanthropy dedicated to assisting the people of Jamaica and the United States.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr80/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-19:/action/91344</id>
    <updated>2007-01-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Commending Wilfred George Gooden for his distinguished career of service, humanitarian efforts, and philanthropy dedicated to assisting the people of Jamaica and the United States.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.16 Congratulating Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller for becoming the first democratically-elected female Prime Minister of Jamaica and the first female Jamaican head of state.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hc16/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-05:/action/89235</id>
    <updated>2007-01-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Congratulating Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller for becoming the first democratically-elected female Prime Minister of Jamaica and the first female Jamaican head of state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.176 Shirley A. Chisholm United States-Caribbean Educational Exchange Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h176/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-04:/action/88920</id>
    <updated>2007-01-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize the establishment of educational exchange and development programs for member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5784 Shirley A. Chisholm United States-Caribbean Educational Exchange Act of 2006</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-h5784/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-07-13:/action/43566</id>
    <updated>2006-07-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize assistance to the countries of the Caribbean to fund educational development and exchange programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.362 Congratulating Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller for becoming the first democratically-elected female Prime Minister of Jamaica and the first female head of state.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-hc362/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-03-16:/action/52653</id>
    <updated>2006-03-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Congratulating Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller for becoming the first democratically-elected female Prime Minister of Jamaica and the first female head of state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.727 Congratulating Prime Minister-designate Portia Simpson Miller for becoming the first female Prime Minister-designate of Jamaica.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-hr727/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2006-03-14:/action/52818</id>
    <updated>2006-03-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Congratulating Prime Minister-designate Portia Simpson Miller for becoming the first female Prime Minister-designate of Jamaica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.1413 A bill to redesignate the Crowne Plaza in Kingston, Jamaica, as the Colin L. Powell Residential Plaza.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/109-s1413/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2005-10-13:/action/61225</id>
    <updated>2005-10-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to redesignate the Crowne Plaza in Kingston, Jamaica, as the Colin L. Powell Residential Plaza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 13, 2005: Became Public Law No: 109-89.    </content>
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