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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Geographic information systems</title>
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  <updated>2008-05-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/5312</id>
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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the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of Federal and real property and identifying inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal land inventories, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    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>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <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of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of Federal real property and identifying inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal land inventories, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    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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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5171 National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5171/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-29:/action/144260</id>
    <updated>2008-01-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4780 To enact title 51, United States Code, "National and Commercial Space Programs", as positive law.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4780/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-18:/action/140813</id>
    <updated>2007-12-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To enact title 51, United States Code, "National and Commercial Space Programs", as positive law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2321 E-Government Reauthorization Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2321/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-07:/action/136074</id>
    <updated>2007-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the E-Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347) to reauthorize appropriations, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3486 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for improving mine safety.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3486/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-06:/action/128379</id>
    <updated>2007-09-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for improving mine safety.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3199 9/11 Can You Hear Me Now Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3199/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-07-26:/action/124221</id>
    <updated>2007-07-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to procure the development and provision of improved and up-to-date communications equipment for the New York City Fire Department, including radios.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1687 Global Pathogen Surveillance Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1687/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-25:/action/119734</id>
    <updated>2007-06-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for global pathogen surveillance and response.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2537 Beach Protection Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2537/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-24:/action/114013</id>
    <updated>2007-05-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to beach monitoring, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1246 Wildlife Global Animal Information Network for Surveillance Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1246/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-04-26:/action/110138</id>
    <updated>2007-04-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to establish and maintain a wildlife global animal information network for surveillance internationally to combat the growing threat of emerging diseases that involve wild animals, such as bird flu, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1684 Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1684/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-26:/action/107247</id>
    <updated>2007-03-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1493 Public Transportation and Rail Security Assistance Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1493/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-13:/action/96290</id>
    <updated>2007-03-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to public transportation agencies, over-the-road bus operators, railroads, and other certain entities to improve security, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1401 Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1401/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-08:/action/95547</id>
    <updated>2007-03-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve the security of railroads, public transportation, and over-the-road buses in the United States, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1405 Wildlife Global Animal Information Network for Surveillance Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1405/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-08:/action/95555</id>
    <updated>2007-03-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
To establish a wildlife global animal information network for surveillance internationally to combat the growing threat of emerging diseases that involve wild animals, such as bird flu, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.727 Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s727/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-01:/action/94706</id>
    <updated>2007-03-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students in the United States by improving professional development programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through institutions of higher education.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1269 Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1269/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-01:/action/94600</id>
    <updated>2007-03-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve the security of railroad, public transportation, and over-the-road bus systems in the United States, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1228 Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1228/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-28:/action/94337</id>
    <updated>2007-02-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students in the United States by improving professional development programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through institutions of higher education.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.750 Immigration Reform bill</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h750/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-31:/action/92209</id>
    <updated>2007-01-31T00:00:00Z</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 Introduced: H.R.534 Rail Transit Security and Safety Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h534/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-17:/action/90755</id>
    <updated>2007-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the security and safety of rail and rail transit transportation systems, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.240 National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s240/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-10:/action/90315</id>
    <updated>2007-01-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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