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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2195 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility 
of disabled veterans to receive supplemental nutrition assistance program 
benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2025 
Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. 
ANSARI, Ms. BROWN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. CARBAJAL, 
Mr. CARSON, Mr. CASAR, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. COHEN, 
Mr. COSTA, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. DAVIS of North Caro-
lina, Ms. GARCIA
of Texas, Mr. GOLDMAN
of New York, Mr. 
GOTTHEIMER, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 
KENNEDY of New York, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mrs. MCCLAIN 
DELANEY, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. MCIVER, Ms. MOORE 
of Wisconsin, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. NEAL, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-COR-
TEZ, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. RA-
MIREZ, Mr. RILEY of New York, Ms. ROSS, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, 
Ms. SCANLON, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis-
sissippi, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. TONKO, and Mr. 
VARGAS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand 
the eligibility of disabled veterans to receive supplemental 
nutrition assistance program benefits. 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Feed Hungry Veterans 
Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3(j)(4)— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) has at least— 
‘‘(i) one service-connected disability 
which is rated at 60 percent or higher 
under title 38, United States Code; or 
‘‘(ii) two or more service-connected 
disabilities, at least one of which is rated 
at 40 percent or higher and the combined 
rating is 70 percent or higher under such 
title;’’, and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
the following: 
‘‘(C) has a determination of being cata-
strophically disabled under such title; or 
‘‘(D) is under the age of 65 and receiving 
a pension under section 1521 of such title;’’, 
and 
(2) in the 1st sentence of section 6(d)(2)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘or (F)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(F)’’, and 
(B) by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: 
‘‘; or (G) a veteran described in subparagraph (A), (B), 
(C), or (D) of section 3(j)(4)’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. 
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 
shall take effect on October 1, 2030. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2196 
To provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the National 
Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a com-
memorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2025 
Mr. HUDSON (for himself and Mr. LYNCH) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for an extension of the legislative authority of 
the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial 
Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the 
District of Columbia and its environs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY FOR 
MEMORIAL ESTABLISHMENT. 
Section 1(b) of Public Law 115–275 is amended by 
striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘, except that 
any reference in section 8903(e) of that chapter to the 
expiration at the end of or extension beyond a seven-year 
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period shall be considered to be a reference to an expira-
tion on or extension beyond November 3, 2032.’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2197 
To prevent 340B covered entities from using savings derived for sex 
reassignment surgeries, hormonal therapies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2025 
Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, 
Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. RULLI, Mr. EZELL, Mrs. BICE, Mr. MOORE of Ala-
bama, and Mr. ROSE) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prevent 340B covered entities from using savings derived 
for sex reassignment surgeries, hormonal therapies, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No 340B Savings for 
Transgender Care Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF 340B SAVINGS FOR SERV-
ICES DESCRIBED FOR TRANSGENDER INDI-
VIDUALS. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF 340B SAVINGS FOR 
SERVICES DESCRIBED.—Section 340B(a)(4) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256b(a)(5)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) PROHIBITION ON USE OF 340B SAV-
INGS
FOR
SERVICES
DESCRIBED.—A covered 
entity participating in the program under this 
section may not use any funds derived from the 
difference between the 340B ceiling price and 
the actual acquisition cost of covered outpatient 
drugs to pay for services described. 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of 
this subsection— 
‘‘(I) 
COVERED
ENTITY.—The 
term ‘covered entities’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 
340B(a)(4). 
‘‘(II) SERVICES
DESCRIBED.— 
The term ‘services described’ means— 
‘‘(aa) sex reassignment sur-
geries furnished for the purpose 
of the gender alteration of a 
transgender individual; and 
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‘‘(bb) hormone treatments 
furnished for the purpose of the 
gender 
alteration 
of 
a 
transgender individual.’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2198 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the taxable REIT 
subsidiary asset test. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2025 
Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. FEENSTRA, 
Mr. PANETTA, Mr. LAHOOD, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MOORE of 
Utah, Mr. DAVIS
of Illinois, Ms. TENNEY, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. SMITH of 
Nebraska, and Mr. ESTES) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore 
the taxable REIT subsidiary asset test. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. RESTORATION OF TAXABLE REIT SUBSIDIARY 
ASSET TEST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 856(c)(4)(B)(ii) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘20 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘25 percent’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2025. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2201 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve claims, made under 
laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, regarding mili-
tary sexual trauma, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2025 
Mrs. KIM (for herself, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. BACON, and Ms. HOULAHAN) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve claims, 
made under laws administered by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs, regarding military sexual trauma, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving VA Train-
ing for Military Sexual Trauma Claims Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF CLAIMS BASED ON MILITARY 
SEXUAL TRAUMA UNDER LAWS ADMINIS-
TERED BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS. 
(a) TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES WHO PROCESS SUCH 
CLAIMS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 
1166 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘mem-
bers of teams established under subsection (a) 
are trained’’ and inserting ‘‘each employee of 
the Department who processes such a claim, 
communicates with a claimant regarding evi-
dence supporting such a claim, or decides such 
a claim, receives annual sensitivity training and 
training’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall ensure that training received 
by an employee under this subsection is appropriate for 
how much experience the employee has with such claims. 
‘‘(5) The Secretary shall update training under this 
subsection not less than once annually.’’. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on 
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PROVEMENTS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs 
of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on— 
(1) sensitivity training required for health care 
professionals and individuals who communicate with 
veterans to schedule examinations, contracted under 
section 504 of the Veterans’ Benefits Improvements 
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–275; 38 U.S.C. 5101 
note), to perform examinations of veterans who 
make claims under section 1166 of title 38, United 
States Code; and 
(2) the plan of the Secretary to— 
(A) improve such sensitivity training; and 
(B) ensure that a veteran who makes such 
a claim is not retraumatized during such an ex-
amination by such a contracted health care pro-
fessional. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 19, 2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives a report regarding— 
(A) training provided under such sub-
section before such date; and 
(B) plans of the Secretary to carry out the 
amendments made by paragraph (1). 
(b) EXPANSION OF DUTY TO ASSIST IN OBTAINING 
RECORDS
FOR
A
COMPENSATION
CLAIM.—Section 
5103A(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and 
(2) by inserting, after paragraph (1), the fol-
lowing new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) In the case of a claim under section 1166 of 
this title, the assistance provided by the Secretary under 
this section shall include— 
‘‘(A) if there is no credible supporting evidence 
of a military sexual trauma in the evidence of 
record, obtaining the service personnel record of the 
claimant; and 
‘‘(B) obtaining the service medical record of the 
claimant.’’. 
(c) SENSITIVITY
TRAINING
FOR
CERTAIN
CON-
TRACTED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS: REPORT; IM-
PROVEMENTS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
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the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs 
of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on— 
(1) sensitivity training required for health care 
professionals (including individuals who commu-
nicate with veterans to schedule examinations), con-
tracted under section 504 of the Veterans’ Benefits 
Improvements Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–275; 
38 U.S.C. 5101 note), to perform examinations of 
veterans who make claims under section 1166 of 
title 38, United States Code; and 
(2) the plan of the Secretary to— 
(A) improve such sensitivity training; and 
(B) ensure that a veteran who makes such 
a claim is not retraumatized during such an ex-
amination by such a contracted health care pro-
fessional. 
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IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2201 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 20, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve claims, 
made under laws administered by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs, regarding military sexual trauma, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving VA Train-
ing for Military Sexual Trauma Claims Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF CLAIMS BASED ON MILITARY 
SEXUAL TRAUMA UNDER LAWS ADMINIS-
TERED BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS. 
(a) TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES WHO PROCESS SUCH 
CLAIMS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 
1166 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘mem-
bers of teams established under subsection (a) 
are trained’’ and inserting ‘‘each employee of 
the Department who processes such a claim, 
communicates with a claimant regarding evi-
dence supporting such a claim, or decides such 
a claim, receives annual sensitivity training and 
training’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall ensure that training received 
by an employee under this subsection is appropriate for 
how much experience the employee has with such claims. 
‘‘(5) The Secretary shall update training under this 
subsection not less than once annually.’’. 
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(2) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on 
Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives a report regarding— 
(A) training provided under such sub-
section before such date; and 
(B) plans of the Secretary to carry out the 
amendments made by paragraph (1). 
(b) EXPANSION OF DUTY TO ASSIST IN OBTAINING 
RECORDS
FOR
A
COMPENSATION
CLAIM.—Section 
5103A(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and 
(2) by inserting, after paragraph (1), the fol-
lowing new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) In the case of a claim under section 1166 of 
this title, the assistance provided by the Secretary under 
this section shall include obtaining— 
‘‘(A) the service personnel record of the claim-
ant; and 
‘‘(B) the service medical record of the claim-
ant.’’. 
(c) SENSITIVITY
TRAINING
FOR
CERTAIN
CON-
TRACTED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS: REPORT; IM-
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‘‘(ii) for the research, design, manu-
facture, or production of non-nuclear com-
ponents for nuclear weapons.’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2204 
To require an institution of higher education that becomes aware that a 
student having nonimmigrant status under subparagraph (F)(i) or (J) 
of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)) has endorsed or supported a foreign terrorist organization 
to notify the SEVIS, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2025 
Mr. LANGWORTHY (for himself, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. GILL of Texas, Mr. 
STAUBER, Mr. HAMADEH of Arizona, Mr. GOSAR, and Mr. WEBSTER of 
Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education 
and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require an institution of higher education that becomes 
aware that a student having nonimmigrant status under 
subparagraph (F)(i) or (J) of section 101(a)(15) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) 
has endorsed or supported a foreign terrorist organiza-
tion to notify the SEVIS, 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. NOTIFICATION BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An institution of higher education 
shall immediately report to the SEVIS when a student 
holding a J–1 or F–1 nonimmigrant visa has participated 
in activity in support of, or as an endorsement of, a for-
eign terrorist organization. The Secretary of State shall 
revoke such visa if the Secretary determines that such par-
ticipation is established. In the case of a student whose 
visa is revoked under this section, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall initiate removal proceedings with re-
spect to the student under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ 
means an organization designated as a foreign ter-
rorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(2) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
means an approved institution of higher education 
that is subject to section 641 of the Illegal Immigra-
tion Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372). 
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(3) The term ‘‘SEVIS’’ means the Student and 
Exchange Visitor Information System of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2207 
To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the Department of Energy, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2025 
Ms. LOFGREN (for herself and Ms. ROSS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the 
Department of Energy, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Saving DOE’s Work-
force Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN FORCE MORATORIUM AT DEPART-
MENT OF ENERGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Until on or after the date that 
full-year appropriations for the Department of Energy for 
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fiscal year 2026 have been enacted into law, the Depart-
ment may not— 
(1) initiate or implement any reduction in force; 
or 
(2) conduct an involuntary separation of any 
employee in the competitive service, any career em-
ployee in the excepted service, or any career ap-
pointee in the Senior Executive Service of the De-
partment except for cause on charges of misconduct, 
delinquency, or inefficiency. 
(b) APPLICATION.—For the purposes of carrying out 
subsection (a)— 
(1) the terms ‘‘competitive service’’, ‘‘excepted 
service’’, and ‘‘career appointee’’ have the meanings 
given those terms in sections 2102, 2103, and 
3132(a), respectively, of title 5, United States Code; 
and 
(2) such subsection shall be in addition to any 
other authority with respect to adverse personnel ac-
tions, including chapter 75 of such title 5. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2208 
To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the National Science 
Foundation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2025 
Ms. LOFGREN (for herself and Ms. STEVENS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the National 
Science Foundation, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Saving NSF’s Work-
force Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN FORCE MORATORIUM AT NATIONAL 
SCIENCE FOUNDATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Until on or after the date that 
full-year appropriations for the National Science Founda-
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tion for fiscal year 2026 have been enacted into law, the 
Foundation may not— 
(1) initiate or implement any reduction in force; 
or 
(2) conduct an involuntary separation of em-
ployee in the competitive service or the excepted 
service, any career employee in the excepted service, 
or any career appointee in the Senior Executive 
Service of the Foundation except for cause on 
charges of misconduct, delinquency, or inefficiency. 
(b) APPLICATION.—For the purposes of carrying out 
subsection (a)— 
(1) the terms ‘‘competitive service’’, ‘‘excepted 
service’’, and ‘‘career appointee’’ have the meanings 
given those terms in sections 2102, 2103, and 
3132(a), respectively, of title 5, United States Code; 
and 
(2) such subsection shall be in addition to any 
other authority with respect to adverse personnel ac-
tions, including chapter 75 of such title 5. 
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