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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Consumers</title>
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  <updated>2008-12-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.3663 Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-24:/action/178982</id>
    <updated>2008-12-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to provide for a short-term extension of the analog television broadcasting authority so that essential public safety announcements and digital television transition information may be provided for a short time during the transition to digital television broadcasting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 24, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-459.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.3663 Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-23:/action/178981</id>
    <updated>2008-12-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to provide for a short-term extension of the analog television broadcasting authority so that essential public safety announcements and digital television transition information may be provided for a short time during the transition to digital television broadcasting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 23, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.3663 Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-12:/action/178932</id>
    <updated>2008-12-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to provide for a short-term extension of the analog television broadcasting authority so that essential public safety announcements and digital television transition information may be provided for a short time during the transition to digital television broadcasting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 12, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.3663 Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-10:/action/178931</id>
    <updated>2008-12-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to provide for a short-term extension of the analog television broadcasting authority so that essential public safety announcements and digital television transition information may be provided for a short time during the transition to digital television broadcasting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 10, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3689 Economic Recovery Act of 2008</title>
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    <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 Sent To President: H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/action/176573</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 03, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1424/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/action/176757</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 03, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-343.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1424/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/action/176574</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 03, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1424/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/action/176572</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 03, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3663 Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3663/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-01:/action/176289</id>
    <updated>2008-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to provide for a short-term extension of the analog television broadcasting authority so that essential public safety announcements and digital television transition information may be provided for a short time during the transition to digital television broadcasting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3660 Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3660/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-01:/action/176282</id>
    <updated>2008-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet the applicable ANSI/UL standard by treating that standard as a consumer product safety rule, to encourage States to require the installation of such detectors in homes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.7013 Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h7013/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-23:/action/172866</id>
    <updated>2008-09-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Federal Communications Commission to provide for a short term extension of the analog television broadcasting authority so that essential public safety announcements and digital television transition information may be provided for a short time during the transition to digital television broadcasting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6908 Health Insurance Source of Injury Clarification Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6908/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-16:/action/171621</id>
    <updated>2008-09-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to group health plan sponsors and timely communicated to participants and beneficiaries under such plans in a form that is easily understandable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4040/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-31:/action/168828</id>
    <updated>2008-08-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 31, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4137/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-31:/action/168829</id>
    <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>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4137/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <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 Enacted: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4040/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/action/168952</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 14, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-314.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4137/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <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 Signed by President: H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4040/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/action/168951</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 14, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.6432 Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/action/168955</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the animal drug user fee program, to establish a program of fees relating to generic new animal drugs, to make certain technical corrections to the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 14, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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