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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies</title>
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  <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/8818</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.912 Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358337</id>
    <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to allow multichannel video programming distributors to provide video programming to subscribers on an a la carte basis, 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.1685 Broadband Adoption Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1685/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-22:/action/356358</id>
    <updated>2013-04-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to reform and modernize the Universal Service Fund Lifeline Assistance Program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1687 Countering ALBA Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1687/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <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.1639 To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1639/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355875</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1382 Digital Coast Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1382/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-20:/action/354010</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven program that collects priority coastal geospatial data and supports an information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision support tools, training, and best practices to inform and improve local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.6 A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-sc6/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-05:/action/351982</id>
    <updated>2013-03-05T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.917 Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h917/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-27:/action/351109</id>
    <updated>2013-02-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.405 Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s405/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-27:/action/351142</id>
    <updated>2013-02-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.81 Supporting the designation of National Digital Literacy Day.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-hr81/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-25:/action/350720</id>
    <updated>2013-02-25T19:00:00Z</updated>
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Supporting the designation of National Digital Literacy Day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.16 Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-hc16/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-14:/action/350291</id>
    <updated>2013-02-14T19:00:00Z</updated>
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Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.245 Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s245/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-06:/action/349297</id>
    <updated>2013-02-06T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize a bipartisan majority of Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission to hold nonpublic collaborative discussions, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.539 Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h539/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-05:/action/349176</id>
    <updated>2013-02-05T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize a bipartisan majority of Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission to hold nonpublic collaborative discussions, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.57 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in the Nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the United States Government should &quot;Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way&quot;.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-hr57/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-05:/action/349158</id>
    <updated>2013-02-05T19:00:00Z</updated>
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in the Nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the United States Government should &quot;Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.491 Global Online Freedom Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h491/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-02-03:/action/348718</id>
    <updated>2013-02-03T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To prevent United States businesses from cooperating with repressive governments in transforming the Internet into a tool of censorship and surveillance, to fulfill the responsibility of the United States Government to promote freedom of expression on the Internet, to restore public confidence in the integrity of United States businesses, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.416 Egypt Accountability and Democracy Promotion Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h416/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-24:/action/348343</id>
    <updated>2013-01-24T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To condition security assistance and economic assistance to the Government of Egypt in order to advance United States national security interests in Egypt, including encouraging the advancement of political, economic, and religious freedom in Egypt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.294 To revoke a requirement of Executive Order 13618 with respect to the use of privately owned communications resources by the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h294/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-14:/action/347338</id>
    <updated>2013-01-14T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To revoke a requirement of Executive Order 13618 with respect to the use of privately owned communications resources by the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.269 Fair Elections Now Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h269/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-14:/action/347418</id>
    <updated>2013-01-14T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To reform the financing of House elections, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.268 Grassroots Democracy Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h268/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-14:/action/347470</id>
    <updated>2013-01-14T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To reform the financing of Congressional elections by encouraging grassroots participation in the funding of campaigns, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.210 To require retail establishments that use mobile device tracking technology to display notices to that effect.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h210/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-03:/action/347160</id>
    <updated>2013-01-03T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To require retail establishments that use mobile device tracking technology to display notices to that effect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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