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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Custody of children</title>
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  <updated>2008-06-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6307 Fostering Connections to Success Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-19:/action/161453</id>
    <updated>2008-06-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to assist children in foster care in developing or maintaining connections to family, community, support, health care, and school, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3061 Child Soldiers Prevention and Accountability Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3061/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-22:/action/158680</id>
    <updated>2008-05-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6096 International Child Abduction Progress Reports Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6096/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-20:/action/157908</id>
    <updated>2008-05-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress annual reports on the progress made by the United States in negotiating international agreements relating to international child abduction with countries that are not contracting parties to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6048 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.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-14:/action/157193</id>
    <updated>2008-05-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5745 To amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act to expand the definition of missing child for purposes of that Act.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5745/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-09:/action/149279</id>
    <updated>2008-04-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act to expand the definition of missing child for purposes of that Act.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.59 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that joint custody laws for fit parents should be passed by each State, so that more children are raised with the benefits of having a father and a mother in their lives.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-18:/action/141025</id>
    <updated>2007-12-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that joint custody laws for fit parents should be passed by each State, so that more children are raised with the benefits of having a father and a mother in their lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.241 Expressing the support for the enacting of joint custody laws for fit parents, so that more children are raised with the benefits of having a father and a mother in their lives.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-hc241/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-25:/action/134892</id>
    <updated>2007-10-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Expressing the support for the enacting of joint custody laws for fit parents, so that more children are raised with the benefits of having a father and a mother in their lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3887 Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3887/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-18:/action/132766</id>
    <updated>2007-10-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3395 Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3395/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-03:/action/127341</id>
    <updated>2007-08-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1658 A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide protection for child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1658/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-19:/action/118909</id>
    <updated>2007-06-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide protection for child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1639 Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1639/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-18:/action/118744</id>
    <updated>2007-06-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1626 Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1626/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-14:/action/118352</id>
    <updated>2007-06-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title XIV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2188 Kinship Caregiver Support Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2188/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-07:/action/111218</id>
    <updated>2007-05-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish kinship navigator programs, to establish kinship guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1081 Flat Tax Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1081/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-04-10:/action/108197</id>
    <updated>2007-04-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a flat tax only on individual taxable earned income and business taxable income, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.844 Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s844/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-12:/action/96228</id>
    <updated>2007-03-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for the protection of unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.661 Kinship Caregiver Support Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s661/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-16:/action/94079</id>
    <updated>2007-02-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to establish kinship navigator programs, to establish guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1004 Family Abduction Prevention Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1004/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-12:/action/93045</id>
    <updated>2007-02-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to improve the ability of State and local governments to prevent the abduction of children by family members, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.687 Keeping Families Together Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h687/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-24:/action/106750</id>
    <updated>2007-01-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a State family support grant program to end the practice of parents giving legal custody of their seriously emotionally disturbed children to State agencies for the purpose of obtaining mental health services for those children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.382 Keeping Families Together Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s382/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-24:/action/107114</id>
    <updated>2007-01-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a State family support grant program to end the practice of parents giving legal custody of their seriously emotionally disturbed children to State agencies for the purpose of obtaining mental health services for those children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.120 Intercountry Adoption Reform Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h120/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-04:/action/88798</id>
    <updated>2007-01-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To reform Federal procedures relating to intercountry adoption.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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