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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations</title>
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  <updated>2013-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/8501</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1854 PASS Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1854/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-06:/action/357890</id>
    <updated>2013-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, and other psychologists qualified to work in schools by low-income local educational agencies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.116 A resolution designating September 26, 2013, as &quot;National Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-sr116/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356785</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution designating September 26, 2013, as &quot;National Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.825 Homeless Veterans Prevention Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s825/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356915</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of services for homeless veterans, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.852 Veterans' Health Promotion Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s852/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356824</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to improve health care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs by increasing access to complementary and alternative medicine and other approaches to wellness and preventive care, 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: 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: S.Res.113 A resolution designating April 23, 2013 as &quot;National Adopt a Library Day&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-sr113/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356480</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution designating April 23, 2013 as &quot;National Adopt a Library Day&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.106 A resolution commending rehabilitation counselors and supporting the goals and ideals of National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-sr106/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-22:/action/356259</id>
    <updated>2013-04-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution commending rehabilitation counselors and supporting the goals and ideals of National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1603 Mutual Community Bank Competitive Equality Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1603/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-16:/action/355751</id>
    <updated>2013-04-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To support and promote community financial institutions in the mutual form, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.13 A concurrent resolution commending the Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of America for its role in improving outcomes for millions of young people and thousands of communities.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-sc13/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-16:/action/355740</id>
    <updated>2013-04-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A concurrent resolution commending the Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of America for its role in improving outcomes for millions of young people and thousands of communities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.744 JOLT Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s744/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-15:/action/355538</id>
    <updated>2013-04-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1573 Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1573/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-14:/action/355379</id>
    <updated>2013-04-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Peace Corps Act to allow former volunteers to use the seal, emblem, or name of Peace Corps on death announcements and grave stones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.717 Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s717/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-10:/action/355064</id>
    <updated>2013-04-10T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations for the purpose of retrofitting nonprofit buildings with energy-efficiency improvements.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1479 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove the deduction for charitable contributions from the overall limitation on itemized deductions.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1479/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-09:/action/354999</id>
    <updated>2013-04-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove the deduction for charitable contributions from the overall limitation on itemized deductions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1466 Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1466/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-09:/action/354997</id>
    <updated>2013-04-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy issues associated with recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.143 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the school breakfast program.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-hr143/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-08:/action/354845</id>
    <updated>2013-04-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the school breakfast program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1449 Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1449/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-08:/action/354829</id>
    <updated>2013-04-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.93 A resolution designating April 4, 2013, as &quot;National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-sr93/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-07:/action/354596</id>
    <updated>2013-04-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution designating April 4, 2013, as &quot;National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.654 Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s654/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-21:/action/354187</id>
    <updated>2013-03-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1381 Educational Opportunities Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1381/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-20:/action/354051</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for qualified elementary and secondary education tuition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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