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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Employee rights</title>
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  <updated>2008-05-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-21:/action/158496</id>
    <updated>2008-05-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 21, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-233.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h493/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-21:/action/158495</id>
    <updated>2008-05-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 21, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h493/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-19:/action/158494</id>
    <updated>2008-05-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 19, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6003 Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6003/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-08:/action/156777</id>
    <updated>2008-05-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h493/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-01:/action/152189</id>
    <updated>2008-05-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 01, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2824 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2824/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-07:/action/149002</id>
    <updated>2008-04-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2611 Trade Agreement Benchmarks and Accountability Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2611/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-07:/action/144949</id>
    <updated>2008-02-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to make bills implementing trade agreements subject to a point of order unless certain conditions are met, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2554 Workers' Minimum Wage and Overtime Rights Restoration Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2554/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-24:/action/142572</id>
    <updated>2008-01-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights and remedies under civil rights statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5129 Workers' Minimum Wage and Overtime Rights Restoration Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5129/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-23:/action/142441</id>
    <updated>2008-01-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights and remedies under civil rights statutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2471 USERRA Enforcement Improvement Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2471/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-13:/action/140593</id>
    <updated>2007-12-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the enforcement of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4650 Congressional Disclosures Protections Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4650/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-13:/action/140247</id>
    <updated>2007-12-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To strengthen the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4301 Working Families Flexibility Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4301/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-06:/action/138746</id>
    <updated>2007-12-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To permit employees to request, and to ensure employers consider requests for, flexible work terms and conditions, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2419 Working Families Flexibility Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2419/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-06:/action/139021</id>
    <updated>2007-12-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to permit employees to request, and to ensure employers consider requests for, flexible work terms and conditions, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4329 NAFTA Accountability Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4329/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-06:/action/138811</id>
    <updated>2007-12-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To assess the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), to require further negotiation of certain provisions of the NAFTA, and to provide for the withdrawal from the NAFTA unless certain conditions are met.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2398 Stop Outsourcing Security Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2398/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-16:/action/137312</id>
    <updated>2007-11-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to phase out the use of private military contractors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4247 STRONGR Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4247/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-15:/action/137047</id>
    <updated>2007-11-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve certain compensation, health care, and education benefits for individuals who serve in a reserve component of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4223 To establish the Congressional-Executive Commission on the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4223/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-15:/action/136980</id>
    <updated>2007-11-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish the Congressional-Executive Commission on the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2349 Overseas Private Investment Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2349/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-14:/action/137209</id>
    <updated>2007-11-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reauthorize the programs of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4183 National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4183/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-14:/action/138590</id>
    <updated>2007-11-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4158 National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4158/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-13:/action/136858</id>
    <updated>2007-11-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to clarify and codify the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to administer the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System for Federal response to all hazards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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