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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Correctional facilities and imprisonment</title>
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  <updated>2013-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1771 North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357281</id>
    <updated>2013-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve the enforcement of sanctions against the Government of North Korea, 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.Res.171 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.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355971</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.744 JOLT Act of 2013</title>
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    <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.1577 McLelland-Hasse Line of Duty Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-15:/action/355627</id>
    <updated>2013-04-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To protect prosecutors, judges, law enforcement officers, and their families.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1537 To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that individuals in prison shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1537/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-11:/action/355250</id>
    <updated>2013-04-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that individuals in prison shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.698 Line of Duty Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s698/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-09:/action/354965</id>
    <updated>2013-04-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to protect prosecutors, judges, law enforcement officers, and their families.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1447 Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1447/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-08:/action/354656</id>
    <updated>2013-04-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1403 Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1403/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-24:/action/354372</id>
    <updated>2013-03-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe rules regulating inmate telephone service rates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.657 Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s657/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-21:/action/354152</id>
    <updated>2013-03-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to eliminate conditions in foreign prisons and other detention facilities that do not meet primary indicators of health, sanitation, and safety, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1143 Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1143/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-12:/action/352788</id>
    <updated>2013-03-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the Bureau of Prisons to provide secure storage areas on institution grounds outside the secure perimeter for employees authorized to carry a firearm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.508 Strengthen and Vitalize Enforcement of Child Support (SAVE Child Support) Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s508/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-06:/action/352017</id>
    <updated>2013-03-06T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to improve the enforcement, collection, and administration of child support payments, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.47 VAWA bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s47/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-06:/action/352248</id>
    <updated>2013-03-06T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 06, 2013: Became Public Law No: 113-4.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.47 VAWA bill</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-06:/action/352110</id>
    <updated>2013-03-06T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 06, 2013: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.47 VAWA bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s47/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-03:/action/351509</id>
    <updated>2013-03-03T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 03, 2013: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.895 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h895/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-27:/action/351265</id>
    <updated>2013-02-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.803 Adult Education and Family Literacy Education Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-24:/action/350560</id>
    <updated>2013-02-24T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To reform and strengthen the workforce investment system of the Nation to put Americans back to work and make the United States more competitive in the 21st century.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.808 Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-24:/action/350571</id>
    <updated>2013-02-24T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish a Department of Peacebuilding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.629 Violence Against Immigrant Women Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h629/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-12:/action/349671</id>
    <updated>2013-02-12T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide protections against violence against immigrant women, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.531 Tax Crimes and Identity Theft Prevention Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h531/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-05:/action/349135</id>
    <updated>2013-02-05T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To prevent identity theft and tax crimes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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