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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Public utilities and utility rates</title>
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  <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1742 Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356935</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To exclude from consideration as income under the United States Housing Act of 1937 payments of pension made under section 1521 of title 38, United States Code, to veterans who are in need of regular aid and attendance, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.111 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Safe Digging Month.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-sr111/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356569</id>
    <updated>2013-04-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Safe Digging Month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1616 Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1616/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355945</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.761 Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s761/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355861</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1582 Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1582/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-15:/action/355675</id>
    <updated>2013-04-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To protect consumers by prohibiting the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating as final certain energy-related rules that are estimated to cost more than $1 billion and will cause significant adverse effects to the economy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1510 SNAP Improvement Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1510/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-10:/action/355133</id>
    <updated>2013-04-10T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve and extend certain nutrition programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1197 To waive the arbitrage rules for certain bonds issued in 1990 and partially defeased in 1996.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1197/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-13:/action/352865</id>
    <updated>2013-03-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To waive the arbitrage rules for certain bonds issued in 1990 and partially defeased in 1996.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.576 A bill to reform laws relating to small public housing agencies, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s576/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-13:/action/352885</id>
    <updated>2013-03-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reform laws relating to small public housing agencies, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.458 Improve Nutrition Program Integrity and Deficit Reduction Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s458/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-04:/action/351782</id>
    <updated>2013-03-04T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to improve and extend certain nutrition programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.17 Energy Production and Project Delivery Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s17/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-26:/action/350890</id>
    <updated>2013-02-26T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to stimulate the economy, produce domestic energy, and create jobs at no cost to the taxpayers, and without borrowing money from foreign governments for which our children and grandchildren will be responsible, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.329 Sustainable Energy Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s329/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-13:/action/350061</id>
    <updated>2013-02-13T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to eliminate certain fuel subsidies and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain energy tax incentives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.472 Federal Cost Reduction Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h472/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-03:/action/348710</id>
    <updated>2013-02-03T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To reduce Federal expenditures associated with data center real estate and electricity consumption, to implement savings reductions proposed by Federal employees, to reduce energy costs across Federal Executive agencies, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.26 Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s26/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-21:/action/347665</id>
    <updated>2013-01-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah Project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.254 Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h254/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-14:/action/347320</id>
    <updated>2013-01-14T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah Project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.271 Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h271/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-14:/action/347442</id>
    <updated>2013-01-14T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To clarify that compliance with an emergency order under section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act may not be considered a violation of any Federal, State, or local environmental law or regulation, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.243 Bowles-Simpson Plan of Lowering America's Debt Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h243/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-13:/action/347289</id>
    <updated>2013-01-13T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To adopt the seven immediate reforms recommended by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform to reduce spending and make the Federal Government more efficient.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.83 To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of action plans aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h83/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-02:/action/346478</id>
    <updated>2013-01-02T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of action plans aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.92 Virgin Islands Energy Crisis Relief Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h92/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-02:/action/346549</id>
    <updated>2013-01-02T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide energy crisis relief to residents of the Virgin Islands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.8 &quot;Fiscal cliff&quot; bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h8/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-01:/action/346360</id>
    <updated>2013-01-01T19:00:00Z</updated>
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An act entitled the &quot;American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 01, 2013: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.8 &quot;Fiscal cliff&quot; bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h8/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-01:/action/346361</id>
    <updated>2013-01-01T19:00:00Z</updated>
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An act entitled the &quot;American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 01, 2013: Signed by President.    </content>
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