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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad</title>
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  <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.136 A resolution recognizing the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice and the Mutual Defense Treaty of 1953, and congratulating Park Geun-Hye on her election to the Presidency of the Republic of Korea.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358440</id>
    <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution recognizing the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice and the Mutual Defense Treaty of 1953, and congratulating Park Geun-Hye on her election to the Presidency of the Republic of Korea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.131 A resolution recommending the designation of a Presidential Special Envoy to the Balkans to evaluate the successes and shortcomings of the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to provide policy recommendations, and to report back to Congress within one year.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/358155</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution recommending the designation of a Presidential Special Envoy to the Balkans to evaluate the successes and shortcomings of the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to provide policy recommendations, and to report back to Congress within one year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.856 Syria Stabilization Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-05:/action/357707</id>
    <updated>2013-05-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to foster stability in Syria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1777 Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357272</id>
    <updated>2013-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To create jobs in the United States by increasing United States exports to Africa by at least 200 percent in real dollar value within 10 years, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1781 Mustafa Akarsu Local Guard Force Support Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357146</id>
    <updated>2013-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for special immigrant status for certain spouses and children of employees of the United States Government abroad killed in the line of duty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1778 Justice for Imprisoned Americans Overseas Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357306</id>
    <updated>2013-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To mandate training of members of the Foreign Service to protect the rights of United States citizens in the custody of foreign governments, to deny entry into the United States of officials of any foreign government, including their immediate family members, who commit or who fail to rectify fundamental due process and human rights violations of United States citizens in the custody of a foreign government, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1749 Assessing Progress in Haiti Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356865</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To measure the progress of recovery and development efforts in Haiti following the earthquake of January 12, 2010, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1721 Aviation Teams Helping Our Municipalities' Economies Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/357032</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To direct the Secretary of Defense to prohibit the performance of Department of Defense flight demonstration teams outside the United States.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1756 Deployed Troops Support Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356783</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize the Secretary of Defense to transport to any country, without charge, supplies that have been furnished by a nonprofit organization and that are intended for distribution to members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1692 Sudan Peace, Security, and Accountability Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356467</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the development of a comprehensive strategy to end serious human rights violations in Sudan, to create incentives for governments and persons to end support of and assistance to the Government of Sudan, to reinvigorate genuinely comprehensive peace efforts in Sudan, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.793 Organization of American States Revitalization and Reform Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356453</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to support revitalization and reform of the Organization of American States, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1687 Countering ALBA Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-22:/action/356376</id>
    <updated>2013-04-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1655 Military Overseas Ballot Protection Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/356013</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require States to delay certifying the results of regularly scheduled general elections for Federal office in order to ensure the counting of any marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters that are collected by the Presidential designee under such Act for delivery to State election officials.&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.Res.98 A resolution honoring the life, legacy, and example of British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-15:/action/355666</id>
    <updated>2013-04-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution honoring the life, legacy, and example of British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher.&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.1520 POW/MIA Accounting and Recovery Support Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-11:/action/355339</id>
    <updated>2013-04-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Secretary of Defense to allow civilian employees of the Department of Defense to delay furloughs until returning from a deployment in support of accounting and recovery efforts by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.718 Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-10:/action/355028</id>
    <updated>2013-04-10T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to create jobs in the United States by increasing United States exports to Africa by at least 200 percent in real dollar value within 10 years, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.30 Recognizing the 65th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-09:/action/354911</id>
    <updated>2013-04-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Recognizing the 65th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.147 Calling for the release of United States citizen Saeed Abedini and condemning the Government of Iran for its persecution of religious minorities.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-09:/action/354973</id>
    <updated>2013-04-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Calling for the release of United States citizen Saeed Abedini and condemning the Government of Iran for its persecution of religious minorities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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