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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4728 

To authorize assistance to promote counter-extremism efforts in the Balkan 

region, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 2, 2010 

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. ROYCE, 

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. INGLIS, Mrs. MYRICK, and Mr. 

MASSA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize assistance to promote counter-extremism efforts 

in the Balkan region, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Balkan Counter-Extre5 mism and Security Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The National Commission on Terrorist At9 tacks Upon the United States, also referred to as 


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1 the ‘‘9/11 Commission’’, found the region of Central 

2 and Eastern Europe to be potentially vulnerable to 

3 terrorists. 

4 (2) In 1996, the Central Intelligence Agency 

5 issued a report which identified approximately 16 Is6 lamic charities in countries of the Balkan region 

7 that were connected to Islamist extremist organiza8 tions such as al-Qaeda, the Egyptian Jamaah al9 Islamiyah, Hamas, and Hezbollah. 

10 (3) In 1999, the Saudi Joint Relief Committee 

11 for the Relief of Kosovo and Chechnya (SJCRKC) 

12 reportedly brought to Kosovo almost 400 mission13 aries of the Wahhabi interpretation of Islam. 

14 (4) The United States Department of State list15 ed the organization known as the ‘‘Active Islamic 

16 Youth’’ (AIO), as a terrorist organization in 2001, 

17 and that organization is reported to be active in 

18 Bosnia-Herzegovina and several other European 

19 countries. 

20 (5) The Benevolence International Foundation 

21 charity, which in 2002 was listed as a front for ter22 rorist financing by the United States Department of 

23 the Treasury, was headquartered in Croatia and 

24 highlighted in its documentation that its mission was 

25 to provide humanitarian aid and assistance to the 


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1 ‘‘Jihad in Bosnia-Herzegovina’’, and urged people to 

2 ‘‘contribute to your brothers in order to block the 

3 Jewish-Crusader assault on Islamic soil’’. 

4 (6) In June 2004, the Egyptian Islamic Jihad 

5 claimed that it had individuals working for three Is6 lamic charities in Albania, including the al7 Haramain Islamic Foundation and the Revival of Is8 lamic Heritage Society. 

9 (7) The United States Department of State’s 

10 2005 Annual Country Report on Terrorism stated 

11 that Bosnia and Herzegovina’s State Border Service 

12 did not fully control all border crossing points and 

13 that many official border posts were understaffed, 

14 and also that the service lacked the funds, resources, 

15 and qualified personnel necessary to be effective. 

16 (8) The International Crisis Group research or17 ganization reported on April 8, 2005, that there are 

18 believed to be extremists of the Wahhabi interpreta19 tion of Islam now residing in the Sandzak region of 

20 Serbia. 

21 (9) In March 2006, a special Bosnian Govern22 ment investigatory commission known as 

23 ‘‘Oslobodjenje’’ revoked the fraudulent citizenship of 

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1 ence in Bosnia or documentation to show a connec2 tion to Bosnia. 

3 (10) The actions taken by the Bosnian inves4 tigatory commission included the revocation of a 

5 passport that had been issued to Osama bin Laden, 

6 leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization. 

7 (11) The United States Department of State’s 

8 2007 Annual Country Report on Terrorism stated 

9 that, ‘‘As a result of weak interagency communica10 tion, competing security structures, and political in11 terference in law enforcement, Bosnia is vulnerable 

12 to exploitation as a potential staging ground for ter13 rorist operations in Europe.’’. 

14 (12) In March 2007, Bosnian police found 

15 weapons in an apartment occupied by a group that 

16 had planned to blow up the British Embassy in Sa17 rajevo. 

18 (13) On March 19, 2007, Serbian police report19 edly raided a camp near the town of Novi Pazar in 

20 the Sandzak region of Serbia suspected of being 

21 used by extremists and discovered weapons, ammu22 nition, and explosives with detonators. 

23 (14) According to various reports, including 

24 those in Shaul Shay’s 2007 book entitled, ‘‘Ter25 rorism in the Balkans’’, 75 percent of the drugs 


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1 smuggled into Europe transit the countries of the 

2 Balkan region and profits from drugs trafficked 

3 through parts of the region have bankrolled global 

4 terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and Islamic 

5 Jihad. 

6 (15) In May 2007, six Kosovar Albanians resid7 ing illegally in the United States were arrested and 

8 subsequently convicted for plotting to use automatic 

9 weapons to kill United States soldiers at the Fort 

10 Dix Army Base in New Jersey. 

11 (16) Several moderate Bosnian Islamic leaders 

12 have issued stern warnings to extremist groups in 

13 that country. In May 2007, Mustafa Ceric, the lead14 ing Islamic cleric in Bosnia, stated in response to 

15 demands by some Wahhabi groups that Bosnian 

16 Muslims follow their extremist ideology that, ‘‘The 

17 Islamic Community regulations rule here. Those who 

18 cannot accept this did not have to come here and 

19 don’t need to stay.’’. 

20 (17) In June 2007, the Albanian newspaper, 

21 ‘‘Shqip’’, reported that a ‘‘Wahhabi sect’’ within the 

22 Islamic Community in Albania benefitted from 

23 monthly ‘‘salaries’’ paid for dressing and behaving in 

24 accordance with Wahhabi fundamentalism. 


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1 (18) In 2007, the North Atlantic Treaty Orga2 nization (NATO) Commander in Bosnia, General 

3 John Sylvestar, stated, ‘‘In fact, there are inter4 national terrorist organizations which have individ5 uals in Bosnia, including al Qaeda. What we have to 

6 determine is whether or not the individuals involved 

7 are here for the purpose of planning operations, or 

8 are here for something else, being supported, being 

9 provided documentation, seeking respite or what10 ever’’. 

11 (19) In August 2007, Mr. Raffi Gregorian, a 

12 senior United States diplomat in Bosnia, stated that 

13 the al-Qaeda terrorist organization was using Bosnia 

14 as a transit point, and utilized supporters among 

15 former Islamic fighters who had arrived to fight in 

16 the Balkans during the Bosnian war in the 1990s, 

17 and later remained under fraudulently obtained citi18 zenship papers. 

19 (20) In January 2008, former Deputy High 

20 Representative and former chief of the United Na21 tions police mission in Bosnia, Mr. Jacques Paul 

22 Klein, said, ‘‘I know that there are al Qaeda cells 

23 . . . in Bosnia . . .’’. 

24 (21) Two insurgents who were killed when they 

25 joined in a January 2008 attack on coalition forces 


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1 in Iraq were found to have carried Bosnian pass2 ports. 

3 (22) In May 2008, the Imam Bekir Halimi of 

4 the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was ar5 rested for facilitating illegal funding by a pro-ter6 rorist organization. Since January 2007, Halimi had 

7 allegedly been receiving over 4.5 million Euros per 

8 year through monthly payments from the Kuwaiti 

9 Organization known as the ‘‘Revival Islamic Herit10 age Society’’, which was designated as a front for 

11 terrorist financing by both the United States De12 partment of the Treasury and the United Nations in 

13 January 2002. 

14 (23) On January 28, 2009, Svetlana Lukic, the 

15 B92 radio station host of the popular liberal talk 

16 show ‘‘Hourglass’’ which advocates for democratic 

17 reforms in Serbia, reported that extremist Serbian 

18 ultranationalist groups had hacked into the show’s 

19 website, vandalized her car, broken into the radio 

20 station and physically attacked the participants on 

21 her panels, claiming that the program was ‘‘anti22 Serb’’. 

23 (24) On February 28, 2009, the Serbian 

24 Human and Minority Rights Ministry announced its 

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1 tigate the constitutionality of an extremist group 

2 called ‘‘Obraz’’ that was listed in 2005 by the Ser3 bian Interior Ministry as a clero-fascist organization 

4 and had posted on its website a list of perceived en5 emies, including ‘‘Zionists, Ustasha, Muslim extrem6 ists, and Shiptar terrorists’’ and issued violent ral7 lying calls that ‘‘Serb enemies will be eradicated and 

8 punished’’. 

9 (25) The Bosnian government lacks the capac10 ity to adequately monitor individuals awaiting depor11 tation, even while they are in prison, as was dem12 onstrated in the case of Tunisian-born former 

13 Islamist fighter Kamel bin Ali (also known as Abu 

14 Hamza), who was imprisoned in 2008 for armed 

15 robbery and domestic violence, was due to be de16 ported at the end of his sentence because the gov17 ernment had determined that his citizenship was 

18 fraudulent and that bin Ali was ‘‘a threat to na19 tional security’’, was given a ‘‘good behavior’’ short 

20 term holiday from prison and then had failed to re21 turn as scheduled on July 31, 2009, spurring a 

22 country-wide police hunt resulting in his re-arrest in 

23 Zenica on August 8, 2009. 

24 (26) On September 22, 2009, in response to 

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1 cited violent attacks at football matches which re2 sulted in the death of one French national and the 

3 hospitalization of several others, the Serbian Govern4 ment announced it would investigate and outlaw ex5 tremist organizations, as Serbian President Boris 

6 Tadic stated, ‘‘All extremists, left or right, will be 

7 tried before our courts.’’. 

8 (27) On October 13, 2009, Albanian authorities 

9 arrested imam Artan Kristo, aka Muhamed 

10 Abdullah (who had worked in 2002 for the El11 Haramain Foundation which had been listed on the 

12 United States Department of State’s Terrorist 

13 Watch List for its alleged ties to al-Qaeda) on 

14 charges of ‘‘publically inciting and propagating ter15 rorist acts’’ and for calling for jihad in an online 

16 forum. 

17 (28) It has been reported that the Islamic mis18 sionary group ‘‘Tablighi Jamaat’’ or ‘‘Group of 

19 Preachers’’, which has been linked to people who 

20 have committed terrorist offenses, such as John 

21 Walker Lindh, Richard Reid, and Zacarias 

22 Moussaoui, has been increasingly active in the 

23 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. 

24 (29) Extremist movements in the countries of 

25 the Balkan region pose a threat to the security of 


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1 all moderate people in the region who support the 

2 ideals of freedom, democracy, tolerance, and the rule 

3 of law. 

4 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

5 It is the sense of Congress that— 

6 (1) the countries of the Balkan region face 

7 challenges presented by the presence of extremist 

8 groups; 

9 (2) vulnerabilities in governance structures and 

10 the enforcement of the rule of law in many of the 

11 countries of the Balkan region have allowed extre12 mism to take root there; 

13 (3) the United States, the European Union and 

14 its Member States, and the Republic of Turkey 

15 should coordinate their efforts to combat extremism 

16 in the countries of the Balkan region, with the Euro17 pean Union taking the lead in assisting the countries 

18 of the Balkan region to strengthen their law enforce19 ment and border security capabilities; and 

20 (4) the Secretary of State should seek agree21 ments with the governments of the countries of the 

22 Balkan region under which such governments would 

23 work in partnership with the United States to 

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1 cial and operational support to extremism and ter2 rorism movements. 

3 SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

4 It shall be the policy of the United States to— 

5 (1) to continue to provide assistance to the 

6 countries of the Balkan region through previously 

7 authorized counter-terrorism, counter-drug, border 

8 security, and law enforcement assistance programs; 

9 (2) prohibit travel to the United States by any 

10 individuals who incite and recruit people of the Bal11 kan region to engage in violent jihad or to commit 

12 acts of terrorism; and 

13 (3) encourage and support all countries of the 

14 Balkan region to— 

15 (A) ratify and fully implement the commit16 ments included in the United Nations Inter17 national Convention for the Suppression of the 

18 Financing of Terrorism (1999); 

19 (B) adhere to the United Nations Security 

20 Council Resolution 1373 (2005), regarding the 

21 prohibition of incitement to commit a terrorist 

22 act or acts; 

23 (C) adhere to the standards contained in 

24 the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF’s) 

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1 ommendations’’, particularly in the areas of po2 licing donations to charitable fronts for terrorist 

3 organizations; and 

4 (D) ratify and fully implement the Council 

5 of Europe’s Warsaw Convention on the Preven6 tion of Terrorism. 

7 SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE TO COUNTER MILITANT EXTREMIST 

8 ACTIVITIES IN THE BALKAN REGION. 

9 (a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The President is au10 thorized to provide assistance to countries of the Balkan 

11 region to facilitate cooperation between the United States 

12 and such countries on counter-extremism and counter-ter13 rorism efforts. Such assistance shall be made available in 

14 addition to assistance otherwise provided under chapter 8 

15 of part I and chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assist16 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq. and 2349aa 

17 et seq.). 

18 (b) PURPOSES OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under 

19 this section shall be provided as an incentive for countries 

20 of the Balkan region to more actively cooperate with the 

21 United States to achieve the purposes specified in section 

22 572 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

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1 (c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Funds made available 

2 for assistance under this section to countries of the Balkan 

3 region shall be provided as follows: 

4 (1) TIER I COUNTRIES.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—A country that meets 

6 the requirements of subparagraph (B) shall be 

7 eligible to receive an allocation of funds under 

8 this section in an amount equal to 25 percent 

9 of the total amount of funds provided to the 

10 country in the prior fiscal year under chapter 8 

11 of part I and chapter 8 of part II of the For12 eign Assistance Act of 1961. Such a country 

13 shall be known as a ‘‘Tier I country’’ for pur14 poses of this section. 

15 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements 

16 of this subparagraph are the following: 

17 (i) The country, in conjunction with 

18 the United States Department of State’s 

19 Office of the Coordinator for Counterter20 rorism, shall conduct a review of its 

21 counter-terrorism infrastructure, including 

22 a review of— 

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1 ization of incitement to violent ex2 tremist acts and terrorist activities; 

3 (II) anti-radicalization outreach 

4 efforts; 

5 (III) law enforcement training 

6 and effectiveness; 

7 (IV) independent and consistent 

8 judicial processes; and 

9 (V) border security. 

10 (ii) The country shall sign a Memo11 randum of Understanding with the United 

12 States to establish country-specific 

13 counter-terrorism program benchmarks 

14 based on recommendations derived from 

15 the review required under clause (i). 

16 (2) TIER II COUNTRIES.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—A country that meets 

18 the requirements of subparagraph (B) shall be 

19 eligible to receive an allocation of funds under 

20 this section in an amount equal to 50 percent 

21 of the total amount of funds provided to the 

22 country in the prior fiscal year under chapter 8 

23 of part I and chapter 8 of part II of the For24 eign Assistance Act of 1961. Such a country 


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1 shall be known as a ‘‘Tier II country’’ for pur2 poses of this section. 

3 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements 

4 of this subparagraph are the following: 

5 (i) The country shall meet the re6 quirements applicable to a Tier I country 

7 under paragraph (1). 

8 (ii) The country shall be certified by 

9 the United States Department of State 

10 that it has continued to meet the require11 ments of the Memorandum of Under12 standing described in paragraph (1)(B)(ii) 

13 and has implemented fully the initial stage 

14 of reforms as identified in the Memo15 randum of Understanding. 

16 (iii) The country shall be certified by 

17 the United States Department of State as 

18 fully cooperating with any appropriate war 

19 crimes tribunals. 

20 (3) TIER III COUNTRIES.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—A country that meets 

22 the requirements of subparagraph (B) shall be 

23 eligible to receive an allocation of funds under 

24 this section in an amount equal to 100 percent 

25 of the total amount of funds provided to the 


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1 country in the prior fiscal year under chapter 8 

2 of part I and chapter 8 of part II of the For3 eign Assistance Act of 1961. Such a country 

4 shall be known as a ‘‘Tier III country’’ for pur5 poses of this section. 

6 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements 

7 of this subparagraph are that the country shall 

8 be certified by the United States Department of 

9 State that it has implemented fully the final 

10 stage of reforms as identified in the Memo11 randum of Understanding described in para12 graph (1)(B)(ii). 

13 SEC. 6. REPORT. 

14 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

16 thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the ap17 propriate congressional committees a report on the status 

18 of extremist and terrorist organizations and movements 

19 in the countries of the Balkan region, and the capacity 

20 of countries of the Balkan region to address such extrem21 ist and terrorist organizations and movements. 

22 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re23 quired under subsection (a) shall specifically address the 

24 following: 


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1 (1) Any trend toward increased extremist influ2 ence over the people of the Balkan region, including 

3 any indications of a spread of extremist influence 

4 over the people of the Balkan region through the fi5 nancing of religious institutions and the establish6 ment of scholarships to study abroad by countries 

7 and organizations outside the Balkan region. 

8 (2) The capability of countries of the Balkan 

9 region to properly secure their borders against arms 

10 proliferation, human trafficking, and drug smug11 gling. 

12 (3) The capability of the countries of the Bal13 kan region to maintain appropriate controls over 

14 citizenship and official documentation for the citi15 zens of such countries. 

16 (4) A summary of funding amounts and a de17 scription of associated programs for United States 

18 assistance made available to combat terrorism in 

19 each of the countries of the Balkan region. 

20 (5) A summary of funding amounts and a de21 scription of associated programs for assistance pro22 vided by the European Union and its Member-States 

23 and the Republic of Turkey to the countries of the 

24 Balkan region to combat the rise of extremism and 

25 improve the capacities of such countries to secure 


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1 their borders, properly enforce laws, and take other 

2 steps to combat financing of extremists and their op3 erations. 

4 (6) A summary of efforts by the United States, 

5 the European Union and its Member-States, and the 

6 Republic of Turkey to coordinate their assistance 

7 and programs described in paragraphs (4) and (5) 

8 toward the objectives of this Act. 

9 (c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 

10 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain 

11 a classified annex if necessary. 

12 SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 

13 In this Act: 

14 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT15 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com16 mittees’’ means— 

17 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

18 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

19 of Representatives; and 

20 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

21 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

22 Senate. 

23 (2) COUNTRIES OF THE BALKAN REGION.—The 

24 term ‘‘countries of the Balkan region’’ means Alba25 nia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, 


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1 Kosovo, Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of 

2 Macedonia), Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia. 

3 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 (a) INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL ASSIST5 ANCE.—There are authorized to be appropriated such 

6 sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 

7 through 2015 to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of 

8 part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

9 2291 et seq.) for programs and activities in the countries 

10 of the Balkan region in support of the objectives of this 

11 Act. 

12 (b) ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE.—There are au13 thorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec14 essary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2015 to 

15 carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the For16 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2349aa et seq.) 

17 for programs and activities in the countries of the Balkan 

18 region in support of the objectives of this Act. 

19 (c) ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE COUNTER-EXTREMISM

20 AND COUNTER-TERRORISM.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

22 appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 

23 each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2015 to carry 

24 out the provisions of section 5 of this Act. 


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1 (2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pur2 suant to the authorization of appropriations under 

3 paragraph (1) for a fiscal year are authorized to re4 main available through September 30 of the suc5 ceeding fiscal year. Such amounts that are unobli6 gated beginning on October 1 of the succeeding fis7 cal year are authorized to be made available to carry 

8 out the provisions of chapter 8 of part I and chapter 

9 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

10 (22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq. and 2349aa et seq.) for pro11 grams and activities in the countries of the Balkan 

12 region in support of the objectives of this Act. 

13 SEC. 9. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN FEE FOR CERTAIN CON14 SULAR SERVICES IN COUNTRIES OF THE BAL15 KAN REGION. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi17 sion of law, not later than 120 days after the date of the 

18 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall in19 crease by $1.00 the fee or surcharge assessed under sec20 tion 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 

21 Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236; 8 

22 U.S.C. 1351 note) over the amount of such fee or sur23 charge as of such date for processing nonimmigrant visas 

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1 (b) DEPOSIT OF AMOUNTS.—Notwithstanding sec2 tion 140(a)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 

3 Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, the additional amount col4 lected pursuant to the fee increase under subsection (a) 

5 shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States. 

6 (c) DURATION OF INCREASE.—The fee increase au7 thorized under subsection (a) shall terminate on January 

8 1, 2015. 

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