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    <item congress="117" measure-type="s" measure-number="407" measure-id="id117s407" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2021-02-24" update-date="2022-11-14">
        <title>Air America Act of 2022</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117s407v55" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2022-11-14">
            <action-date>2022-06-14</action-date>
            <action-desc>Passed Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[
     <p><b>Air America Act of </b><b>2022</b></p> <p>This bill establishes the service of Air America employees as qualifying service for purposes of the Civil Service Retirement System. (Air America was a government-owned airline that provided air transport for certain covert operations in Southeast Asia, including Laos and Vietnam, between 1950 and 1976.)</p> <p>The bill applies to U.S. citizens who were employees of Air America or another affiliated company, as specified, between January 1, 1950, and December 31, 1976. Benefit applications must be filed within two years of the date of enactment of this bill.</p>
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        </summary>
        <summary summary-id="id117s407v25" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2022-11-14">
            <action-date>2022-05-19</action-date>
            <action-desc>Reported to Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[
     <p><b>Air America Act of </b><b>2022</b></p> <p>This bill establishes the service of Air America employees as qualifying service for purposes of the Civil Service Retirement System. (Air America was a government-owned airline that provided air transport for certain covert operations in Southeast Asia, including Laos and Vietnam, between 1950 and 1976.)</p> <p>The bill applies to U.S. citizens who were employees of Air America or another affiliated company, as specified, between January 1, 1950, and December 31, 1976. Benefit applications must be filed within two years of the date of enactment of this bill.</p>
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        </summary>
        <summary summary-id="id117s407v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2021-03-23">
            <action-date>2021-02-24</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Air America Act of </b><b>2021</b></p> <p>This bill establishes the service of Air America employees as qualifying service for purposes of the Civil Service Retirement System. (Air America was a government-owned airline that provided air transport for certain covert operations in Southeast Asia, including Laos and Vietnam, between 1950 and 1976.)</p> <p>The bill applies to U.S. citizens who were employees of Air America or another affiliated company, as specified, between January 1, 1950 and December 31, 1976. Benefit applications must be filed within two years of the date of enactment of this bill.</p>]]></summary-text>
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