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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Civil actions and liability</title>
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  <updated>2013-05-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.942 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-13:/action/358595</id>
    <updated>2013-05-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.919 Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s919/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358413</id>
    <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide further self-governance by Indian tribes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.887 A bill to repeal the violation of sovereign nations' laws and privacy matters</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-06:/action/357845</id>
    <updated>2013-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to repeal the violation of sovereign nations' laws and privacy matters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.886 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s886/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-06:/action/357926</id>
    <updated>2013-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1797 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1797/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357099</id>
    <updated>2013-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.815 Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s815/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356839</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to prohibit the employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.814 Protecting Communities from Chemical Explosions Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s814/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356779</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide stronger penalties for violations of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1733 Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1733/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356886</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Public Health Service Act to limit the liability of health care professionals who volunteer to provide health care services in response to a disaster.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1734 Shareholder Protection Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1734/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356944</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.839 Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s839/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356976</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.824 Shareholder Protection Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s824/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/357059</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.822 Effective Administration of Criminal Justice Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s822/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/357039</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.124 A resolution to authorize testimony in writing, documents, and representation in Whitnum v. Town of Greenwich, et al.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-sr124/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356939</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution to authorize testimony in writing, documents, and representation in Whitnum v. Town of Greenwich, et al.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1755 Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1755/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356829</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1699 Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1699/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356669</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that genetically engineered food and foods that contains genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.809 Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s809/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356527</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1706 Mortgage Settlement Monitoring Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1706/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356627</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish an Independent Monitor to maintain oversight of the settlement by mortgage servicing companies that were subject to enforcement actions for unsafe and unsound practices related to residential mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.805 Robert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s805/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356522</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to improve compliance with mine and occupational safety and health laws, and empower workers to raise safety concerns, prevent future mine and other workplace tragedies, and establish rights of families of victims of workplace accidents, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1649 Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1649/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355871</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1652 Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/356018</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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