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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Labor</title>
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  <updated>2008-08-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007</title>
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    <updated>2008-08-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 31, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/action/168954</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 14, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-315.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/action/168953</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 14, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-06:/action/168920</id>
    <updated>2008-08-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 06, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-31:/action/168902</id>
    <updated>2008-07-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 31, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3378 Safety for Our Schoolchildren Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-31:/action/170312</id>
    <updated>2008-07-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require all public school employees and those employed in connection with a public school to receive FBI background checks prior to being hired, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3406 ADA Amendments Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-31:/action/170381</id>
    <updated>2008-07-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5501/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/action/168297</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 30, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-293.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5501/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/action/168296</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 30, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6654 Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/action/168515</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists by low-income local educational agencies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.1388 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1338) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/action/168604</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1338) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3364 Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/action/168193</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists by low-income local educational agencies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.J.Res.93 Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/action/168336</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 29, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-287.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.J.Res.93 Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/action/168335</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 29, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6633 Employee Verification Amendment Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/action/167902</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To evaluate and extend the basic pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation and to ensure the protection of Social Security beneficiaries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.J.Res.93 Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-hj93/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-28:/action/168334</id>
    <updated>2008-07-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 28, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3347 Put School Counselors Where They're Needed Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-28:/action/167570</id>
    <updated>2008-07-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in troubled title I schools to reduce the dropout rate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5501/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-25:/action/167441</id>
    <updated>2008-07-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 25, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-24:/action/167440</id>
    <updated>2008-07-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 24, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.J.Res.93 Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-hj93/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-24:/action/168332</id>
    <updated>2008-07-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 24, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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