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SEC. 1153. REMOVAL AND PROHIBITION AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part 1 of subtitle C of the Federal 
Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4631 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 1377 through 
1379B (12 U.S.C. 4637–4641) as sections 1379 
through 1379D, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after section 1376 (12 U.S.C. 
4636) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1377. REMOVAL AND PROHIBITION AUTHORITY. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO ISSUE ORDER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may serve upon 
a party described in paragraph (2), or any officer, 
director, or management of the Office of Finance a 
written notice of the intention of the Director to sus-
pend or remove such party from office, or prohibit 
any further participation by such party, in any man-
ner, in the conduct of the affairs of the regulated enti-
ty. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—A party described in this 
paragraph is an entity-affiliated party or any officer, 
director, or management of the Office of Finance, if 
the Director determines that— 
‘‘(A) that party, officer, or director has, di-
rectly or indirectly— 
‘‘(i) violated—
‘‘(28) Programs to increase learning in nutri-
tion and exercise (with a health focus on preven-
tion), either through classroom learning or after 
school programs.’’. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4590 
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to provide fair treatment 
of employee benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 16, 2005 
Mr. FORD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to provide 
fair treatment of employee benefits. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Employee Retirement 
Preservation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FAIR TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. 
(a) DEFINITION OF CLAIM.—Section 101(5) of title 
11, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end;
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 
after the semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) right or interest in equity securities 
of the debtor, or an affiliate of the debtor, held 
in a pension plan (within the meaning of sec-
tion 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(2))) for 
the benefit of an individual who is not an offi-
cer or director of the debtor, if such securities 
were attributable to— 
‘‘(i) employer contributions by the 
debtor or an affiliate of the debtor other 
than elective deferrals (within the meaning 
of section 402(g) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986), and any earnings thereon; 
and 
‘‘(ii) elective deferrals (and any earn-
ings thereon) that are required to be in-
vested in such securities under the terms 
of the plan or at the direction of a person 
other than the individual or any bene-
ficiary, 
except that this subparagraph shall not apply to 
any such securities during any period during
which the individual or any beneficiary has the 
right to direct the plan to divest such securities 
and to reinvest an equivalent amount in other 
investment options of the plan;’’. 
(b) PRIORITIES.—Section 507(a)(5) of title 11, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by indenting the left 
margin of clauses (i) and (ii) 2 ems to the right and 
redesignating such clauses as subclauses (I) and 
(II), respectively; 
(2) by indenting the left margin of subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) 2 ems to the right and redesig-
nating such subparagraphs as clauses (i) and (ii), 
respectively; 
(3) in the matter preceding clause (i), as so re-
designated, by striking ‘‘Fifth’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘plan—’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘Fifth— 
‘‘(A) allowed unsecured claims for con-
tributions to an employee benefit plan—’’; 
(4) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘; or’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) allowed unsecured claims with respect 
to rights or interests in equity securities of the
debtor, or an affiliate of the debtor, that are 
held in a pension plan (within the meaning of 
section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement In-
come Security Act of 1974), without regard to 
when services were rendered or limitation in 
amount, and measured by the market value of 
the stock at the time the stock was contributed 
to, or purchased by, the plan.’’. 
SEC. 3. WAGE PRIORITY AND EMPLOYEE BENEFIT CAP. 
Section 507(a) of title 11, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘$10,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$13,500’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5)(A)(ii)(I), as so redesig-
nated by section 2, by striking ‘‘$10,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$13,500’’. 
SEC. 4. SUBORDINATION. 
Section 510(b) of title 11, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘(other than a claim described in 
section 105(5)(C))’’ after ‘‘claim’’ the 1st place it appears. 
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(A) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘, ex-
cept that’’ and all that follows through the end 
of the paragraph and inserting a period; and 
(B) in subsection (k), by striking para-
graph (4); 
(3) 
in 
section 
21A(b)(4)(B) 
(12 
U.S.C. 
1441a(b)(4)(B)), by striking ‘‘affected deposit insur-
ance fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Deposit Insurance 
Fund’’; 
(4) 
in 
section 
21A(b)(6)(B) 
(12 
U.S.C. 
1441a(b)(6)(B))— 
(A) in the subparagraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘SAIF-INSURED
BANKS’’ and inserting 
‘‘CHARTER CONVERSIONS’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Savings Association In-
surance Fund member’’ and inserting ‘‘savings 
association’’; 
(5) in section 21A(b)(10)(A)(iv)(II) (12 U.S.C. 
1441a(b)(10)(A)(iv)(II)), by striking ‘‘Savings Asso-
ciation Insurance Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Deposit In-
surance Fund’’; 
(6) in section 21A(n)(6)(E)(iv) (12 U.S.C. 
1441(n)(6)(E)(iv)), by striking ‘‘Federal deposit in-
surance funds’’ and inserting ‘‘the Deposit Insur-
ance Fund’’;
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4350 
To provide for grants from the Secretary of Energy to State and local 
educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2005 
Mr. HOLT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To provide for grants from the Secretary of Energy to State 
and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools 
and Energy Star programs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘School Building En-
hancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 
The Secretary of Energy may provide grants— 
(1) to State educational agencies and local edu-
cational agencies for providing intensive technical as-
sistance for, and assisting the implementation of, the
EnergySmart Schools Program of the Department 
of Energy and the Energy Star for K–12 School 
Districts program of the Environmental Protection 
Agency; and 
(2) to State educational agencies for use in the 
development of State-level school energy efficiency 
quality plans, in partnership with the Department of 
Energy, including— 
(A) standards for school building design, 
construction, and renovation; and 
(B) proposals for the systematic improve-
ment (including benchmarks and timelines) of 
environmental conditions in and around schools 
throughout the State, including— 
(i) environmentally preferable pur-
chasing of products for instruction and 
maintenance; 
(ii) increasing the use of alternative 
energy fuels in school buses; and 
(iii) maximization of transportation 
choices for students, staff, and other mem-
bers of the community.
SEC. 3. FEDERAL SHARE. 
The Federal share of the cost of a project or activity 
carried out using funds from a grant under this Act shall 
not exceed 90 percent. 
SEC. 4. GRANT PRIORITY. 
In providing grants under section 2(1), the Secretary 
of Energy shall give priority to projects to provide assist-
ance to school districts that have a demonstrated need for 
energy efficiency improvement. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this Act, the terms ‘‘State edu-
cational agency’’ and ‘‘local educational agency’’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 9101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801). 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Energy to carry out this Act $10,000,000 for 
the period encompassing fiscal years 2006 through 2011. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4591 
To implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 
the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on 
Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, and the Rotterdam Convention 
on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemi-
cals and Pesticides in International Trade. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 16, 2005 
Mr. GILLMOR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Or-
ganic Pollutants, the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pol-
lutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary 
Air Pollution, and the Rotterdam Convention on the 
Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Haz-
ardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stockholm and Rot-
terdam Toxics Treaty Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL AGREE-
MENTS. 
The Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE V—IMPLEMENTATION OF 
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS 
‘‘SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) CONFERENCE.—The term ‘Conference’ 
means the Conference of the Parties established by 
paragraph 1 of Article 19 of the POPs Convention. 
‘‘(2) CONFERENCE
LISTING
DECISION.—The 
term ‘Conference listing decision’ means a decision 
by the Conference to approve an amendment to list 
a chemical substance or mixture in Annex A or B 
to the POPs Convention. 
‘‘(3) EXECUTIVE BODY.—The term ‘Executive 
Body’ means the Executive Body established by Ar-
ticle 10 of the LRTAP Convention. 
‘‘(4) EXECUTIVE BODY DECISION 1998/2.—The 
term ‘Executive Body Decision 1998/2’ means the 
decision of the Executive Body titled ‘Executive 
Body Decision 1998/2 on Information to Be Sub-
mitted and the Procedure for Adding Substances to 
Annexes I, II, or III to the Protocol on Persistent 
Organic Pollutants’ and any other Executive Body
decision done pursuant to Article 14 of the LRTAP 
POPs Protocol. 
‘‘(5) 
LRTAP 
CONVENTION.—The 
term 
‘LRTAP Convention’ means the Convention on 
Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, done at 
Geneva on November 13, 1979 (TIAS 10541), and 
any subsequent amendment to which the United 
States consents to be bound. 
‘‘(6) LRTAP POPS CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE OR 
MIXTURE.—The term ‘LRTAP POPs chemical sub-
stance or mixture’ means one of the following chem-
ical substances or mixtures, as defined in section 3: 
‘‘(A) Aldrin. 
‘‘(B) Chlordane. 
‘‘(C) Chlordecone. 
‘‘(D) 
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane 
(DDT). 
‘‘(E) Dieldrin. 
‘‘(F) Endrin. 
‘‘(G) Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH). 
‘‘(H) Heptachlor. 
‘‘(I) Hexachlorobenzene. 
‘‘(J) Hexabromobiphenyl. 
‘‘(K) Mirex. 
‘‘(L) Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4351 
To require the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Defense Contract 
Audit Agency, to review all defense contracts relating to reconstruction 
or troop support in Iraq involving any contractors, subcontractors, or 
Federal officers or employees that have been indicted or convicted for 
contracting improprieties. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2005 
Mr. LYNCH (for himself, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. LANTOS, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. 
KUCINICH, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. SANDERS, and Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of 
California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Defense, acting through the 
Defense Contract Audit Agency, to review all defense 
contracts relating to reconstruction or troop support in 
Iraq involving any contractors, subcontractors, or Fed-
eral officers or employees that have been indicted or 
convicted for contracting improprieties. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iraq Contracting 
Fraud Review Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR REVIEW OF IRAQ RECON-
STRUCTION 
AND 
TROOP 
SUPPORT 
CON-
TRACTS 
INVOLVING 
CONTRACTORS, 
SUB-
CONTRACTORS, OR FEDERAL OFFICERS OR 
EMPLOYEES INDICTED OR CONVICTED FOR 
CONTRACTING IMPROPRIETIES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR REVIEW.—The Secretary of 
Defense, acting through the Director of the Defense Con-
tract Audit Agency, shall conduct a review of each covered 
contract to determine if the contract has been the subject 
of fraud or any other contracting impropriety. 
(b) COVERED CONTRACTS.—In this Act, the term 
‘‘covered contract’’ means any contract (including a task 
or delivery order contract) entered into on or after March 
1, 2003, by the Department of Defense, or any sub-
contract or task or delivery order under such a contract, 
if the contract, subcontract, or order— 
(1) relates to reconstruction or troop support in 
Iraq; and 
(2) involves any contractor, subcontractor, or 
Federal officer or employee that has been indicted or 
convicted for fraud or any other violation of Federal 
law with respect to another contract of the Depart-
ment of Defense relating to such reconstruction or 
troop support in Iraq.
(c) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall notify the committees listed in subsection 
(d) when the review required under this section begins. 
(d) DEADLINE AND REPORT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall complete the review required under 
this section and submit a report on the results of the re-
view to— 
(1) the Committees on Armed Services and on 
Government Reform of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(2) the Committees on Armed Services and on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4353 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to notify passengers when 
they are flying on an aircraft carrying unscreened cargo. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2005 
Mr. SHAYS (for himself and Mr. MARKEY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to notify pas-
sengers when they are flying on an aircraft carrying 
unscreened cargo. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unscreened Cargo No-
tification Act’’. 
SEC. 2. WARNING REGARDING SCREENING OF AIR CARGO. 
After the 180th day following the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security must no-
tify all passengers flying on an aircraft operated by an 
air carrier that is carrying uninspected air cargo that they
are flying on an aircraft that is carrying cargo that has 
not been screened for explosives and other hazardous ma-
terials. 
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‘‘(A) the annual quantity of the chemical 
substance or mixture that the person manufac-
tures and the locations of the manufacture; 
‘‘(B) the uses of the chemical substance or 
mixture; 
‘‘(C) the approximate annual quantity of 
the chemical substance or mixture that the per-
son releases into the environment; and 
‘‘(D) other information or monitoring data 
relating to the chemical substance or mixture 
that is consistent with the information specified 
in— 
‘‘(i) paragraph 1 of Annex D; 
‘‘(ii) subsections (b) through (e) of 
Annex E; and 
‘‘(iii) Annex F, 
to the POPs Convention. 
‘‘(2) UNDER LRTAP POPS PROTOCOL.—The Ad-
ministrator, where relevant, by general order issued 
in the Federal Register, may require any person, or 
appropriate categories of persons, that manufac-
tures, processes, distributes in commerce for export, 
or disposes of a chemical substance or mixture that 
is the subject of a notice under subsection (a), (b),
or (c) to provide information, to the extent such in-
formation is known or readily obtainable, on— 
‘‘(A) the annual quantity of the chemical 
substance or mixture that the person manufac-
tures and the locations of the manufacture; 
‘‘(B) the uses of the chemical substance or 
mixture; 
‘‘(C) the approximate annual quantity of 
the chemical substance or mixture that the per-
son releases into the environment; 
‘‘(D) environmental monitoring data relat-
ing to the chemical substance or mixture (in 
areas distant from sources); 
‘‘(E) information on alternatives to the 
uses of the chemical substance or mixture and 
the efficacy of each alternative; 
‘‘(F) information on any known adverse 
environmental or human health effects associ-
ated with each such alternative; and 
‘‘(G) other information or monitoring data 
relating to the chemical substance or mixture 
that is consistent with information specified in 
Executive Body Decision 1998/2 for inclusion in 
the risk profile or technical review. 
‘‘(3) UPDATING OF INFORMATION.—
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4354 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a separate 
nonimmigrant classification for fashion models. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2005 
Mr. WEINER (for himself and Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish 
a separate nonimmigrant classification for fashion models. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW FASHION MODEL 
NONIMMIGRANT CLASSIFICATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) 
NEW
CLASSIFICATION.—Section 
101(a)(15)(O) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(O)) is amended—
(A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘clause (i) or 
(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (i), (ii), or (iii)’’ and 
by redesignating such as clause (iv); and 
(B) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(iii) is a fashion model who is of distin-
guished merit and ability and who is seeking to 
enter the United States temporarily to perform 
fashion modeling services that involve events or 
productions which have a distinguished reputa-
tion or that are performed for an organization 
or establishment that has a distinguished rep-
utation for, or a record of, utilizing prominent 
modeling talent; or’’. 
(2) 
NUMERICAL
LIMITATION.—Section 
214(a)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(a)(2)(A)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘The number of aliens who may be issued visas 
or otherwise provided nonimmigrant status 
under section 101(a)(15)(O)(iii) in any fiscal 
year shall not exceed 1,000.’’. 
(b) ELIMINATION
OF H–1B CLASSIFICATION
FOR 
FASHION MODELS.—Section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of such 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or as a fashion model’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘or, in the case of a fashion 
model, is of distinguished merit and ability’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW FASHION MODEL 
NONIMMIGRANT
CLASSIFICATION.—Not later than 
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall promul-
gate regulations to implement the amendments made 
by subsection (a). Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as preventing an alien who is a fashion 
model from obtaining nonimmigrant status under 
section 101(a)(15)(O)(i) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(O)(i)) if such 
alien is otherwise qualified for such status. 
(2) ELIMINATION
OF
H–1B
CLASSIFICATION 
FOR FASHION MODELS.—The amendments made by 
subsection (b)— 
(A) shall apply on the effective date of the 
regulations promulgated under paragraph (1); 
and 
(B) shall not apply to the classification of 
an alien under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)) as a fashion model pur-
suant to a petition for such classification that 
was filed before such effective date. 
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‘‘(A) VOLUNTARY UPDATES.—Any person 
who submits information under paragraph (1) 
or (2) may voluntarily update the information 
at any time. 
‘‘(B) REQUIRED UPDATES.—If the Admin-
istrator determines, with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of State, that an update of informa-
tion submitted under paragraph (1) or (2) is 
necessary, the Administrator may, through a 
general order published in the Federal Register, 
require all persons that are required to submit 
the information to update the information. 
‘‘(C) NEW INFORMATION.—As part of a 
general order published under subparagraph 
(B), the Administrator may require any person 
who, after the date specified in the general 
order issued pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) 
by which persons are required to submit infor-
mation, commences manufacturing, processing, 
distributing in commerce for export, or dis-
posing of a chemical substance or mixture sub-
ject to the requirements in paragraph (1) or 
(2), to submit the information required to be 
submitted in the general order issued pursuant 
to paragraph (1) or (2).
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‘‘(g) For the purposes of this clause, any provision 
or report language that is inserted by the chairman of a 
standing committee or any subcommittee thereof with sub-
ject matter jurisdiction over the measure containing such 
provision or report language and that would be a congres-
sional earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit 
but for the fact that it was not requested by any Member, 
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator, and that is 
either targeted to the congressional district of such chair-
man or unrelated to the purpose of the underlying meas-
ure shall be required to be included in the applicable list 
of congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited 
tariff benefits.’’. 
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