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HR1424

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{{Current bill}}

”’HR1424”’, also titled the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 and the [[Paul Wellstone]] Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, is a spending bill passed by the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] on [[5 March]] [[2008]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1424
|title=H.R. 1424: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008
|publisher=govtrack.us}}</ref> Parts of the bill became law as the [[Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act]] in [[April 2008]]. On [[30 September]], the [[U.S. Senate]]{{who}} proposed an amendment to substitute the language of the bill with the Senate version of the [[Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008]], as part of a [[proposed bailout of United States financial system]],<ref>{{cite web
|title=Senate Bailout Vote Will Put House on Spot Again
|first=Benton
|last=Ives
|coauthors=Richard Rubin and Joseph J. Schatz
|url=http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002968192
|publisher=CQ Politics
|date=2008-10-01}}</ref> in order to circumvent [[blue slip]]ping of the legislation by the House.

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(Via Wikipedia – New pages [en].)

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