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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Nature conservation</title>
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  <updated>2008-11-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/4109</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3689 National Park Centennial Fund Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3689/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-17:/action/178499</id>
    <updated>2008-11-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6709 National Conservation, Environment, and Energy Independence Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6709/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-31:/action/169786</id>
    <updated>2008-07-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To greatly enhance the Nation's path toward energy independence and environmental, energy, economic, and national security, by amending Federal policy to increase the production of domestic energy sources, to dedicate fixed percentages of the royalties received for conservation programs, environmental restoration projects, renewable energy research and development, clean energy technology research and development, increased development of existing energy sources, and energy assistance for those in need, and to share a portion of such royalties with producing States, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3213 San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3213/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-26:/action/164761</id>
    <updated>2008-06-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.598 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need for the United States to lead renewed international efforts to assist developing nations in conserving natural resources and preventing the impending extinction of a large portion of the world's plant and animal species.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-sr598/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-24:/action/164788</id>
    <updated>2008-06-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need for the United States to lead renewed international efforts to assist developing nations in conserving natural resources and preventing the impending extinction of a large portion of the world's plant and animal species.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6162 Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6162/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-22:/action/158651</id>
    <updated>2008-05-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3065 Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3065/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-22:/action/157682</id>
    <updated>2008-05-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to establish the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3039 Northern Neck National Heritage Area Study Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3039/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-20:/action/157864</id>
    <updated>2008-05-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Northern Neck National Heritage Area in Virginia, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3043 Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3043/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-20:/action/157686</id>
    <updated>2008-05-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to improve Federal land management, resource conservation, environmental protection, and use of Federal real property, by requiring the Secretary of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of Federal and real property and identifying inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal land inventories, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.1117 Declaring the support of the House of Representatives for the goals and ideals of Earth Day and for developing the scientific and technological capabilities to achieve those goals.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr1117/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-17:/action/150478</id>
    <updated>2008-04-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Declaring the support of the House of Representatives for the goals and ideals of Earth Day and for developing the scientific and technological capabilities to achieve those goals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.325 Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Mackinac Island State Park Commission's Historical Preservation and Museum Program, which began on June 15, 1958, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-hc325/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-09:/action/149271</id>
    <updated>2008-04-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Mackinac Island State Park Commission's Historical Preservation and Museum Program, which began on June 15, 1958, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2833 Owyhee Public Land Management Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2833/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-09:/action/149247</id>
    <updated>2008-04-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for the management of certain public land in Owyhee County, Idaho, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2817 National Park Centennial Fund Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2817/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-03:/action/155977</id>
    <updated>2008-04-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to establish the National Park Centennial Fund, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5658 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5658/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-31:/action/148545</id>
    <updated>2008-03-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5532 Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5532/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-05:/action/146791</id>
    <updated>2008-03-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve Federal land management, resource conservation, environmental protection, and use of Federal real property, by requiring the Secretary of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of Federal real property and identifying inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal land inventories, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2604 Baltimore National Heritage Area Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2604/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-07:/action/144834</id>
    <updated>2008-02-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to establish the Baltimore National Heritage Area in the State of Maryland, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5279 Baltimore National Heritage Area Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5279/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-07:/action/144854</id>
    <updated>2008-02-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish the Baltimore National Heritage Area in the State of Maryland, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5161 Green Transportation Infrastructure Research and Technology Transfer Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5161/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-29:/action/144189</id>
    <updated>2008-01-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the establishment of Green Transportation Infrastructure Research and Technology Transfer Centers, and for other purpose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.935 Honoring the 100th anniversary of President Theodore Roosevelt's Conference of Governors, supporting the goals and ideals of that Conference, and recognizing the need for a similar undertaking today.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr935/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-23:/action/142506</id>
    <updated>2008-01-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Honoring the 100th anniversary of President Theodore Roosevelt's Conference of Governors, supporting the goals and ideals of that Conference, and recognizing the need for a similar undertaking today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.3996 Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3996/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-26:/action/141730</id>
    <updated>2007-12-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 26, 2007: Became Public Law No: 110-166.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.3996 Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-26:/action/141689</id>
    <updated>2007-12-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 26, 2007: Signed by President.    </content>
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