<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in World history</title>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/issues/atom/8689_world_history" rel="self"/>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/issues/show/8689_world_history" rel="alternate"/>
  <updated>2013-04-10T20:00:00Z</updated>
  <author>
    <name>opencongress.org</name>
  </author>
  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/8689</id>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1505 Holocaust Rail Justice Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1505/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-10:/action/355081</id>
    <updated>2013-04-10T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
To ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1477 To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to educational organizations to carry out educational programs about the Holocaust.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1477/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-09:/action/354943</id>
    <updated>2013-04-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to educational organizations to carry out educational programs about the Holocaust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.33 Commending the Albanian people on the 100th anniversary of the declaration of their independence from the Turkish Ottoman Empire on November 28, 1912, and commending Albanians in Albania and Kosova for protecting and saving the lives of all Jews who either lived in Albania or sought asylum there during the Holocaust.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-hr33/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-14:/action/347448</id>
    <updated>2013-01-14T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
Commending the Albanian people on the 100th anniversary of the declaration of their independence from the Turkish Ottoman Empire on November 28, 1912, and commending Albanians in Albania and Kosova for protecting and saving the lives of all Jews who either lived in Albania or sought asylum there during the Holocaust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.44 Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h44/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-02:/action/346699</id>
    <updated>2013-01-02T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
To implement the recommendations of the Guam War Claims Review Commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.601 A resolution commending the people of Albania on the 100th anniversary of the declaration of their independence from the Turkish Ottoman Empire on November 28, 1912, and commending Albanians in Albania and Kosovo for protecting and saving the lives of all Jews who either lived in Albania or sought asylum there during the Holocaust.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-sr601/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-11-26:/action/343845</id>
    <updated>2012-11-26T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
A resolution commending the people of Albania on the 100th anniversary of the declaration of their independence from the Turkish Ottoman Empire on November 28, 1912, and commending Albanians in Albania and Kosovo for protecting and saving the lives of all Jews who either lived in Albania or sought asylum there during the Holocaust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.812 Commending the Albanian people on the 100th anniversary of the declaration of their independence from the Turkish Ottoman Empire on November 28, 1912, and commending Albanians in Albania and Kosova for protecting and saving the lives of all Jews who either lived in Albania or sought asylum there during the Holocaust.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-hr812/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-11-14:/action/343600</id>
    <updated>2012-11-14T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
Commending the Albanian people on the 100th anniversary of the declaration of their independence from the Turkish Ottoman Empire on November 28, 1912, and commending Albanians in Albania and Kosova for protecting and saving the lives of all Jews who either lived in Albania or sought asylum there during the Holocaust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.790 Expressing support for designation of August 23 as Black Ribbon Day to recognize the victims of Soviet Communist and Nazi regimes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-hr790/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-09-18:/action/341278</id>
    <updated>2012-09-18T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
Expressing support for designation of August 23 as Black Ribbon Day to recognize the victims of Soviet Communist and Nazi regimes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.3001 Raoul Wallenberg Centennial Celebration Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3001/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-07-25:/action/337639</id>
    <updated>2012-07-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 25, 2012: Became Public Law No: 112-148.    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.3001 Raoul Wallenberg Centennial Celebration Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3001/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-07-25:/action/337447</id>
    <updated>2012-07-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 25, 2012: Signed by President.    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.3001 Raoul Wallenberg Centennial Celebration Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3001/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-07-18:/action/336640</id>
    <updated>2012-07-18T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 18, 2012: Presented to President.    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.610 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Secretary of State should continue to press Russian authorities for a full and complete accounting regarding the fate of Raoul Wallenberg.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-hr610/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-28:/action/324081</id>
    <updated>2012-03-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Secretary of State should continue to press Russian authorities for a full and complete accounting regarding the fate of Raoul Wallenberg.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.399 Affirmation of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-sr399/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-18:/action/322728</id>
    <updated>2012-03-18T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
A resolution calling upon the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.34 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress in honor of the life and legacy of Vaclav Havel.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-sc34/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-29:/action/319259</id>
    <updated>2012-01-29T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress in honor of the life and legacy of Vaclav Havel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.97 Expressing the sense of Congress in honor of the life and legacy of Vaclav Havel.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-hc97/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-26:/action/319227</id>
    <updated>2012-01-26T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
Expressing the sense of Congress in honor of the life and legacy of Vaclav Havel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.504 Raising a question of the privileges of the House.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-hr504/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-19:/action/318255</id>
    <updated>2011-12-19T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.497 To provide for the placement of a statue or bust of Sir Winston Churchill in the United States Capitol.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-hr497/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-14:/action/317649</id>
    <updated>2011-12-14T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
To provide for the placement of a statue or bust of Sir Winston Churchill in the United States Capitol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.333 A resolution welcoming and commending the Government of Japan for extending an official apology to all United States former prisoners of war from the Pacific War and establishing in 2010 a visitation program to Japan for surviving veterans, family members, and descendants.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-sr333/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-11-16:/action/314816</id>
    <updated>2011-11-16T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
A resolution welcoming and commending the Government of Japan for extending an official apology to all United States former prisoners of war from the Pacific War and establishing in 2010 a visitation program to Japan for surviving veterans, family members, and descendants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.301 A resolution urging the people of the United States to observe October 2011 as Italian and Italian-American Heritage Month.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-sr301/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-10-19:/action/312136</id>
    <updated>2011-10-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
A resolution urging the people of the United States to observe October 2011 as Italian and Italian-American Heritage Month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1591 Raoul Wallenberg Centennial Celebration Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s1591/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-09-20:/action/309394</id>
    <updated>2011-09-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3001 Raoul Wallenberg Centennial Celebration Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3001/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-09-20:/action/309385</id>
    <updated>2011-09-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
</feed>
