2013-05-14T20:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/8520 tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-14:/action/358714 2013-05-14T20:00:00Z To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley to commemorate the lives they lost 50 years ago in the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, where these 4 little Black girls' ultimate sacrifice served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.<br /><br />May 14, 2013: Presented to President. tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/357960 2013-05-07T20:00:00Z A bill to protect State and local witnesses from tampering and retaliation, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356878 2013-04-24T20:00:00Z A resolution commending the heroism, courage, and sacrifice of Sean Collier, an officer in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Department, Martin Richard, an 8-year-old resident of Dorchester, Massachusetts, Krystle Campbell, a native of Medford, Massachusetts, Lu Lingzi, a student at Boston University, and all the victims who are recovering from injuries caused by the attacks in Boston, Massachusetts, including Richard Donohue, Jr., an officer in the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Transit Police Department.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356499 2013-04-23T20:00:00Z To authorize the Attorney General to award grants to eligible entities to prevent or alleviate community violence by providing education, mentoring, and counseling services to children, adolescents, teachers, families, and community leaders on the principles and practice of nonviolence.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-22:/action/356376 2013-04-22T20:00:00Z To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for or complicit in ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commission of serious human rights abuses against citizens of ALBA countries, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355971 2013-04-17T20:00:00Z Condemning the Republic of the Sudan for its actions to pardon Mubarak Mustafa, who was responsible for the escape of two men convicted of the assassination of John Granville on January 1, 2008, and calling on the United States Department of State to continue to include Sudan on the list of state sponsors of terrorism.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355939 2013-04-17T20:00:00Z To provide for a study by the Institute of Medicine on gaps in mental health services and how these gaps can increase the risk of violent acts.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-16:/action/355747 2013-04-16T20:00:00Z Condemning the horrific attacks of April 15, 2013, in Boston, Massachusetts, and expressing support, sympathy, and prayers for all persons impacted by this tragedy.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-16:/action/355721 2013-04-16T20:00:00Z A resolution condemning the horrific attacks in Boston, Massachusetts, and expressing support, sympathy, and prayers for those impacted by this tragedy.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-16:/action/355796 2013-04-16T20:00:00Z To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-15:/action/355627 2013-04-15T20:00:00Z To protect prosecutors, judges, law enforcement officers, and their families.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-14:/action/355462 2013-04-14T20:00:00Z A bill to prevent criminals from obtaining firearms through straw purchasing and trafficking.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-14:/action/355414 2013-04-14T20:00:00Z To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-11:/action/355245 2013-04-11T20:00:00Z To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to comprehensively reform immigration law, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-09:/action/354965 2013-04-09T20:00:00Z A bill to protect prosecutors, judges, law enforcement officers, and their families.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-09:/action/354888 2013-04-09T20:00:00Z To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the safety of America's schools.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-08:/action/354644 2013-04-08T20:00:00Z A bill to regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-08:/action/354825 2013-04-08T20:00:00Z A bill to reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-25:/action/354386 2013-03-25T20:00:00Z "An Act making consolidated appropriations and further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013."<br /><br />March 25, 2013: Signed by President. tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-25:/action/354387 2013-03-25T20:00:00Z "An Act making consolidated appropriations and further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013."<br /><br />March 25, 2013: Became Public Law No: 113-6.