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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Human trafficking</title>
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  <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/8671</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1732 Strengthening the Child Welfare Response to Human Trafficking Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1732/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/357041</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of children who are victims of human trafficking, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1682 FREE Vietnam Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1682/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-22:/action/356389</id>
    <updated>2013-04-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To prohibit the designation of Vietnam under title V of the Trade Act of 1974.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1690 Hazel's Law</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1690/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-22:/action/356285</id>
    <updated>2013-04-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 18, United States Code, to remove knowledge of age as an element of the offense for the sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion.&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.1525 Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1525/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-11:/action/355245</id>
    <updated>2013-04-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to comprehensively reform immigration law, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: 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/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 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 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.906 Human Trafficking Reporting Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h906/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-27:/action/351150</id>
    <updated>2013-02-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for improvements under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system and to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include human trafficking as a part 1 violent crime for purposes of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.898 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h898/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-27:/action/351327</id>
    <updated>2013-02-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2014 through 2017 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.413 Human Trafficking Reporting Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s413/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-27:/action/351371</id>
    <updated>2013-02-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include human trafficking as a part 1 violent crime for purposes of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.757 Stand Against Violence and Empower Native Women Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h757/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-14:/action/350284</id>
    <updated>2013-02-14T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To decrease the incidence of violent crimes against Indian women, to strengthen the capacity of Indian tribes to exercise the sovereign authority of Indian tribes to respond to violent crimes committed against Indian women, and to ensure that perpetrators of violent crimes committed against Indian women are held accountable for that criminal behavior, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.717 Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h717/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-13:/action/349938</id>
    <updated>2013-02-13T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.624 Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h624/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-12:/action/349818</id>
    <updated>2013-02-12T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the sharing of certain cyber threat intelligence and cyber threat information between the intelligence community and cybersecurity entities, and for other purposes.&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.463 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the provisions relating to status under section 101(a)(15)(U) of that Act.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h463/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-03:/action/348702</id>
    <updated>2013-02-03T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the provisions relating to status under section 101(a)(15)(U) of that Act.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.406 To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h406/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-22:/action/347853</id>
    <updated>2013-01-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.121 A bill to establish the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking to review Federal Government policy on human trafficking.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s121/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-22:/action/348056</id>
    <updated>2013-01-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to establish the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking to review Federal Government policy on human trafficking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.47 VAWA bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s47/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-21:/action/347768</id>
    <updated>2013-01-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.11 VAWA bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h11/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-21:/action/347952</id>
    <updated>2013-01-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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