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SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF STUDENT LOAN PURCHASE AU-
THORITY. 
Section 459A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1087i-1) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘July 1, 2009’’ each place it ap-
pears in subsections (a)(1) and (f) and inserting 
‘‘July 1, 2010’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ 
each place it appears in paragraphs (1)(A) and 
(2) and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2010’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘February 15, 2010’’ in 
paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘February 15, 
2011’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘2009, and 2010’’ in para-
graph (3) and inserting ‘‘2009, 2010, and 
2011’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE LEND-
ERS 
FOR 
LENDER-OF-LAST-RESORT 
PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 428(j) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1078(j)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘June 30, 
2009’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2010’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘June 30, 
2009’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2010’’; and
(3) in paragraph (9)(A)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘June 30, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2011’’; 
(B) in clause (ii)(III), by striking ‘‘June 
30, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2010’’; and 
(C) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘July 1, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2011’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 
2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6889 
AN ACT 
To extend the authority of the Secretary of Edu-
cation to purchase guaranteed student loans for 
an additional year, and for other purposes.
H. R. 6889 
One Hundred Tenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and eight 
An Act 
To extend the authority of the Secretary of Education to purchase guaranteed 
student loans for an additional year, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF STUDENT LOAN PURCHASE AUTHORITY. 
Section 459A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087i-1) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘July 1, 2009’’ each place it appears in 
subsections (a)(1) and (f) and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2010’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ each place it 
appears in paragraphs (1)(A) and (2) and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2010’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘February 15, 2010’’ in paragraph (2) 
and inserting ‘‘February 15, 2011’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘2009, and 2010’’ in paragraph (3) and 
inserting ‘‘2009, 2010, and 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE LENDERS FOR 
LENDER-OF-LAST-RESORT PROGRAM. 
Section 428(j) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1078(j)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘June 30, 2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘June 30, 2010’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘June 30, 2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘June 30, 2010’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (9)(A)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘June 30, 2010’’ and 
inserting ‘‘June 30, 2011’’; 
(B) in clause (ii)(III), by striking ‘‘June 30, 2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘June 30, 2010’’; and
H. R. 6889—2 
(C) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘July 1, 2010’’ and 
inserting ‘‘July 1, 2011’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
II 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6889 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 
Received 
AN ACT 
To extend the authority of the Secretary of Education to 
purchase guaranteed student loans for an additional 
year, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF STUDENT LOAN PURCHASE AU-
THORITY. 
Section 459A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1087i-1) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘July 1, 2009’’ each place it ap-
pears in subsections (a)(1) and (f) and inserting 
‘‘July 1, 2010’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ 
each place it appears in paragraphs (1)(A) and 
(2) and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2010’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘February 15, 2010’’ in 
paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘February 15, 
2011’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘2009, and 2010’’ in para-
graph (3) and inserting ‘‘2009, 2010, and 
2011’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE LEND-
ERS 
FOR 
LENDER-OF-LAST-RESORT 
PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 428(j) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1078(j)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘June 30, 
2009’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2010’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘June 30, 
2009’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2010’’; and 
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trator grants the town’s request for closure of the 
airport. 
(3) USE
OF
PROCEEDS
FROM
SALE
OF
AIR-
PORT.—Upon the approval of the request to close 
the airport, the town of Pollock shall obtain fair 
market value for the sale of the airport property and 
shall immediately upon receipt transfer all such pro-
ceeds from the sale of the airport property to the 
sponsor of a public airport designated by the Admin-
istrator to be used for the development or improve-
ment of such airport. 
(4) RELOCATION OF AIRCRAFT.—Before closure 
of the airport, the town of Pollock shall provide ade-
quate time for any airport-based aircraft to relocate. 
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(3) in paragraph (9)(A)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘June 30, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2011’’; 
(B) in clause (ii)(III), by striking ‘‘June 
30, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2010’’; and 
(C) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘July 1, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2011’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 
2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6890 
AN ACT 
To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Edu-
cation under section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of 
division B of Public Law 109–148, relating to elementary 
and secondary education hurricane recovery relief, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY TO EASE 
FISCAL BURDENS. 
Section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of 
Public Law 109–148 (119 Stat. 2797) is amended— 
(1) in the second sentence of subsection (b), by 
striking ‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘for fiscal 
year 2006 or 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘for any fiscal 
year’’. 
SEC. 2. HOLD HARMLESS FOR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
CIES SERVING MAJOR DISASTER AREAS. 
In the case of a local educational agency that serves 
an area in which the President has declared that a major 
disaster exists in accordance with section 401 of the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), related to severe storms, tornadoes, 
or flooding in the Midwest or hurricanes in the Gulf of 
Mexico in calendar year 2008, the amount made available 
for such local educational agency under each of sections 
1124, 1124A, 1125, and 1125A of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333, 6334, 
6335, and 6337) for fiscal year 2009 shall be not less than
the amount made available for such local educational 
agency under each of such sections for fiscal year 2008. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 
2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6890 
AN ACT 
To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of 
Education under section 105 of subtitle A of title 
IV of division B of Public Law 109–148, relating 
to elementary and secondary education hurricane 
recovery relief, and for other purposes.
H. R. 6890 
One Hundred Tenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and eight 
An Act 
To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under section 105 
of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109–148, relating to elementary 
and secondary education hurricane recovery relief, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY TO EASE FISCAL BUR-
DENS. 
Section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public 
Law 109–148 (119 Stat. 2797) is amended— 
(1) in the second sentence of subsection (b), by striking 
‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2006 
or 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘for any fiscal year’’. 
SEC. 2. HOLD HARMLESS FOR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES 
SERVING MAJOR DISASTER AREAS. 
In the case of a local educational agency that serves an area 
in which the President has declared that a major disaster exists 
in accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), related 
to severe storms, tornadoes, or flooding in the Midwest or hurricanes 
in the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2008, the amount made 
available for such local educational agency under each of sections 
1124, 1124A, 1125, and 1125A of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333, 6334, 6335, and 6337) 
for fiscal year 2009 shall be not less than the amount made available 
for such local educational agency under each of such sections for 
fiscal year 2008. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
(1) in the second sentence of subsection (b), by 
striking ‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘for fiscal 
year 2006 or 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘for any fiscal 
year’’. 
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II 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6890 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 22 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 17), 2008 
Received 
AN ACT 
To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Edu-
cation under section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of 
division B of Public Law 109–148, relating to elementary 
and secondary education hurricane recovery relief, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY TO EASE 
FISCAL BURDENS. 
Section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of 
Public Law 109–148 (119 Stat. 2797) is amended— 
(1) in the second sentence of subsection (b), by 
striking ‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘for fiscal 
year 2006 or 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘for any fiscal 
year’’. 
SEC. 2. HOLD HARMLESS FOR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
CIES SERVING MAJOR DISASTER AREAS. 
In the case of a local educational agency that serves 
an area in which the President has declared that a major 
disaster exists in accordance with section 401 of the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), related to severe storms, tornadoes, 
or flooding in the Midwest or hurricanes in the Gulf of 
Mexico in calendar year 2008, the amount made available 
for such local educational agency under each of sections 
1124, 1124A, 1125, and 1125A of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333, 6334, 
6335, and 6337) for fiscal year 2009 shall be not less than 
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the amount made available for such local educational 
agency under each of such sections for fiscal year 2008. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 
2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6891 
To authorize the closure of a municipal airport in Pollock, Louisiana, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 
Mr. MCCRERY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To authorize the closure of a municipal airport in Pollock, 
Louisiana, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. POLLOCK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, LOUISIANA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) Pollock Municipal Airport located in Pol-
lock, Louisiana (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘airport’’), has never been included in the National 
Plan of Integrated Airport Systems pursuant to sec-
tion 47103 of title 49, United States Code, and is 
therefore not considered necessary to meet the cur-
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rent or future needs of the national aviation system; 
and 
(2) closing the airport will not adversely affect 
aviation safety, aviation capacity, or air commerce. 
(b) REQUEST FOR CLOSURE.— 
(1) APPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, requirement, or agreement and sub-
ject to the requirements of this section, the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
shall— 
(A) approve a request from the town of 
Pollock, Louisiana, to close the airport as a 
public airport; and 
(B) release the town from any term, condi-
tion, reservation, or restriction contained in a 
surplus property conveyance or transfer docu-
ment, and from any order or finding by the De-
partment of Transportation on the use and re-
payment of airport revenue applicable to the 
airport, that would otherwise prevent the clo-
sure of the airport and redevelopment of the fa-
cilities to nonaeronautical uses. 
(2) CONTINUED AIRPORT OPERATION PRIOR TO 
APPROVAL.—The town of Pollock shall continue to 
operate and maintain the airport until the Adminis-
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6893 
AN ACT 
To amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security 
Act to connect and support relative caregivers, improve 
outcomes for children in foster care, provide for tribal 
foster care and adoption access, improve incentives for 
adoption, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
tribal consortium shall establish and maintain a trib-
al authority or authorities which shall be responsible 
for establishing and maintaining tribal standards for 
tribal foster family homes and tribal child care insti-
tutions. 
‘‘(3) CONSORTIUM.—The participating Indian 
tribes or tribal organizations of a tribal consortium 
may develop and submit a single plan under section 
471 that meets the requirements of this section. 
‘‘(d) DETERMINATION OF FEDERAL MEDICAL AS-
SISTANCE PERCENTAGE
FOR FOSTER CARE MAINTE-
NANCE AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) PER CAPITA INCOME.—For purposes of de-
termining the Federal medical assistance percentage 
applicable to an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, 
or a tribal consortium under paragraphs (1), (2), 
and (5) of section 474(a), the calculation of the per 
capita income of the Indian tribe, tribal organiza-
tion, or tribal consortium shall be based upon the 
service population of the Indian tribe, tribal organi-
zation, or tribal consortium, except that in no case 
shall an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or a trib-
al consortium receive less than the Federal medical 
assistance percentage for any State in which the 
tribe, organization, or consortium is located.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6651 
AN ACT 
To extend certain authorities relating to United States ef-
forts to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria 
globally, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
tial projection of the number of children and families 
to be served; 
‘‘(3) if the entity is a private organization— 
‘‘(A) documentation of support from the 
relevant local or State child welfare agency; or 
‘‘(B) a description of how the organization 
plans to coordinate its services and activities 
with those offered by the relevant local or State 
child welfare agency; and 
‘‘(4) an assurance that the entity will cooperate 
fully with any evaluation provided for by the Sec-
retary under this section. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANT
DURATION.—The Secretary may 
award a grant under this section for a period of not 
less than 1 year and not more than 3 years. 
‘‘(2) NUMBER OF NEW GRANTEES PER YEAR.— 
The Secretary may not award a grant under this 
section to more than 30 new grantees each fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(d) FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—The amount of a 
grant payment to be made to a grantee under this section 
during each year in the grant period shall be the following 
percentage of the total expenditures proposed to be made
‘‘(i) subsection (c)(8)(B)(iii) (and is a 
governmental plan within the meaning of 
section 414(d)), 
‘‘(ii) subsection (c)(8)(B)(iv) (and is 
maintained by an employer which is a 
State, a political subdivision of a State, or 
an agency or instrumentality of a State or 
political subdivision of a State), 
‘‘(iii) subsection (c)(8)(B)(v), or 
‘‘(iv) subsection (c)(8)(B)(vi) (and is 
maintained by an employer which is a 
State, a political subdivision of a State, or 
an agency or instrumentality of a State or 
political subdivision of a State).’’. 
(3) Subparagraph (C) of section 402(l)(4) of 
such Code (as redesignated by this Act) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(as defined in section 
152, determined without regard to subsections 
(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B) thereof)’’ after 
‘‘dependents’’, and 
(B) by striking ‘‘insurance’’. 
(4)(A) Subparagraph (B) of section 402(l)(4) of 
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘normal retire-
ment age’’ and inserting ‘‘normal retirement date’’. 
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tified State building energy code or with the associ-
ated model code or standard. 
If the State certifies progress toward achieving compli-
ance, the State shall repeat the certification each year 
until it certifies that it has achieved compliance. 
‘‘(2) A certification under paragraph (1) shall include 
documentation of the rate of compliance based on inde-
pendent inspections of a random sample of the new and 
renovated buildings covered by the code in the preceding 
year, or based on an alternative method that yields an ac-
curate measure of compliance. 
‘‘(3)(A) A State shall be considered to achieve compli-
ance under paragraph (1) if— 
‘‘(i) at least 90 percent of new and renovated 
building space covered by the code in the preceding 
year substantially meets all the requirements of the 
code regarding energy efficiency, or achieves an 
equivalent energy savings level; or 
‘‘(ii) the estimated excess energy use of new 
and renovated buildings that did not meet the code 
in the preceding year, compared to a baseline of 
comparable buildings that meet the code, is not more 
than 5 percent of the estimated energy use of all 
new and renovated buildings covered by the code in 
the preceding year.
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‘‘(4) NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLE.—The
term ‘neighborhood electric vehicle’ means a 4-wheeled
on-road or nonroad vehicle that—
‘‘(A) has a top attainable speed in 1 mile
of more than 20 mph and not more than 25 mph
on a paved level surface; and
‘‘(B) is propelled by an electric motor and
on-board, rechargeable energy storage system that
is rechargeable using an off-board source of elec-
tricity.
‘‘(5) PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE.—The
term ‘plug-in hybrid electric vehicle’ means a light-
duty, medium-duty, or heavy-duty on-road or
nonroad vehicle that is propelled by any combination
of—
‘‘(A) an electric motor and on-board, re-
chargeable energy storage system capable of oper-
ating the vehicle in intermittent or continuous
all-electric mode and which is rechargeable using
an off-board source of electricity; and
‘‘(B) an internal combustion engine or heat
engine using any combustible fuel.’’;
(3) in subsection (b) (as redesignated by para-
graph (1))—
school, with all of the educational records 
of the child provided to the school.’’; and 
(2) in the 1st sentence of paragraph (4)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and reasonable’’ and in-
serting ‘‘reasonable’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, and reasonable travel 
for the child to remain in the school in which 
the child is enrolled at the time of placement’’ 
before the period. 
(b) EDUCATIONAL ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT.— 
Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
671(a)), as amended by sections 101(a) and 103 of this 
Act, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(28); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (29) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(30) provides assurances that each child who 
has attained the minimum age for compulsory school 
attendance under State law and with respect to 
whom there is eligibility for a payment under the 
State plan is a full-time elementary or secondary 
school student or has completed secondary school, 
and for purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘ele-
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mentary or secondary school student’ means, with 
respect to a child, that the child is— 
‘‘(A) enrolled (or in the process of enroll-
ing) in an institution which provides elementary 
or secondary education, as determined under 
the law of the State or other jurisdiction in 
which the institution is located; 
‘‘(B) instructed in elementary or secondary 
education at home in accordance with a home 
school law of the State or other jurisdiction in 
which the home is located; 
‘‘(C) in an independent study elementary 
or secondary education program in accordance 
with the law of the State or other jurisdiction 
in which the program is located, which is ad-
ministered by the local school or school district; 
or 
‘‘(D) incapable of attending school on a 
full-time basis due to the medical condition of 
the child, which incapability is supported by 
regularly updated information in the case plan 
of the child.’’. 
SEC. 205. HEALTH OVERSIGHT AND COORDINATION PLAN. 
Section 422(b)(15) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 622(b)(15)) is amended to read as follows: 
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