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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ''American Innovation $1 Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. AMERICAN INNOVATION $1 COIN PROGRAM.
Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after subsection (v) the following new subsection:
''(w) Redesign and Issuance of $1 Coins Honoring Innovation and
Innovators From Each State, the District of Columbia, and Each
Territory.--
''(1) Redesign beginning in 2019.--
''(A) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1) and
subsection (d)(2) and in accordance with the provisions of this
subsection, during the 14-year period beginning on January 1,
2019 (or such later date as provided under subparagraph
(B)(ii)), the Secretary of the Treasury shall mint and issue $1
coins to be known as 'American Innovation $1 coins', that--
''(i) have designs on the obverse selected in
accordance with paragraph (2)(A); and
''(ii) have a design on the reverse selected in
accordance with paragraph (2)(B).
''(B) Continuity provisions.--
''(i) In general.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A),
the Secretary shall continue to mint and issue $1 coins
honoring Native Americans and their contributions in
accordance with subsection (r).
''(ii) First coin.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A),
if the Secretary finds that it is feasible and cost-
effective, the Secretary may mint and issue a $1 coin in
2018 to introduce the series of coins described in this
subsection, that--

''(I) has the obverse described under paragraph
(2)(A);
''(II) has a reverse that bears the inscription
'United States of America' and 'American Innovators'
and a representation of the signature of President
George Washington on the first United States patent
issued;
''(III) has the edge-incusing described under
paragraph (2)(C); and
''(IV) the design for which has reviewed by the
Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.

''(C) Definition of territory.--For purposes of this
subsection, the term 'territory' means the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin
Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
''(2) Design requirements.--Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1)
and subsection (d)(2), the $1 coins issued in accordance with
paragraph (1)(A) shall meet the following design requirements:
''(A) Coin obverse.--The common design on the obverse of
each coin issued under this subsection shall contain--
''(i) a likeness of the Statue of Liberty extending to
the rim of the coin and large enough to provide a dramatic
representation of Liberty;
''(ii) the inscription '$1'; and
''(iii) the inscription 'In God We Trust'.
''(B) Coin reverse.--The design on the reverse of each coin
issued under this subsection shall bear the following:
''(i) An image or images emblematic of one of the
following from one of the 50 States, the District of
Columbia, or the territories of the United States:

''(I) A significant innovation.
''(II) An innovator.
''(III) A group of innovators.

''(ii) The name of the State, the District of Columbia,
or territory, as applicable.
''(iii) The inscription 'United States of America'.
''(C) Edge-incused inscriptions.--
''(i) In general.--The inscription of the year of
minting or issuance of the coin, the mint mark, and the
inscription 'E Pluribus Unum' shall be edge-incused into
the coin.
''(ii) Preservation of distinctive edge.--The edge-
incusing of the inscriptions under clause (i) on coins
issued under this subsection shall be done in a manner that
preserves the distinctive edge of the coin so that the
denomination of the coin is readily discernible, including
by individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
''(3) Issuance of coins commemorating innovation or
innovators.--
''(A) Order of issuance.--
''(i) In general.--The coins issued under this
subsection commemorating either an innovation, an
individual innovator, or a group of innovators, from each
State, the District of Columbia, or a territory shall be
issued in the following order:

''(I) State.--With respect to each State, the coins
shall be issued in the order in which the States
ratified the Constitution of the United States or were
admitted into the Union, as the case may be.
''(II) District of columbia and territories.--After
all coins are issued under subclause (I), the coins
shall be issued for the District of Columbia and the
territories in the following order: the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam,
American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

''(ii) Application in event of the admission of
additional states.--Notwithstanding clause (i), if any
additional State is admitted into the Union before the end
of the 14-year period referred to in paragraph (1), the
Secretary of the Treasury may issue a $1 coin with respect
to the additional State in accordance with clause (i)(I).
''(iii) Application in the event of independence or
adding of a territory.--Notwithstanding clause (i)--

''(I) if any territory becomes independent or
otherwise ceases to be a territory of the United States
before $1 coins are minted pursuant to this subsection,
the subsection shall cease to apply with respect to
such territory; and
''(II) if any new territory is added to the United
States, $1 coins shall be issued for such territories
in the order in which the new the territories are
added, beginning after the $1 coin is issued for the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

''(B) Issuance of coins commemorating four innovations or
innovators during each of 14 years.--
''(i) In general.--Four $1 coin designs as described in
this subsection shall be issued during each year of the
period referred to in paragraph (1) until 1 coin featuring
1 innovation, an individual innovator, or a group of
innovators, from each of the States, the District of
Columbia, and territories has been issued.
''(ii) Number of coins of each design.--The Secretary
shall prescribe, on the basis of such factors as the
Secretary determines to be appropriate, the number of $1
coins that shall be issued with each of the designs
selected for each year of the period referred to in
paragraph (1).
''(4) Selection of concept and design.--
''(A) Concept.--With respect to each State, the District of
Columbia, and each territory to be honored with a coin under
this subsection, the selection of the significant innovation,
innovator, or group of innovators to be borne on the reverse of
such coin shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, after
consultation with the Governor or other chief executive of the
State, the District of Columbia, or territory with respect to
which a coin is to be issued under this subsection.
''(B) Design.--Each of the designs required under this
subsection shall be selected by the Secretary after--
''(i) consultation with--

''(I) the Governor or other chief executive of the
State, the District of Columbia, or territory with
respect to which a coin is to be issued under this
subsection; and
''(II) the Commission of Fine Arts; and

''(ii) review by the Citizens Coinage Advisory
Committee.
''(C) Selection and approval process.--Proposals for
designs for $1 coins under this subsection may be submitted in
accordance with the design selection and approval process
developed by the Secretary in the sole discretion of the
Secretary.
''(D) Standards.--Because it is important that the Nation's
coinage and currency bear dignified designs of which the
citizens of the United States can be proud, the Secretary shall
not select any frivolous or inappropriate design for any $1
coin minted under this subsection.
''(E) Prohibition on certain representations.--No head and
shoulders portrait or bust of any person and no portrait of a
living person may be included in the design of any coin issued
under this subsection.
''(5) Treatment as numismatic items.--For purposes of sections
5134 and 5136, all $1 coins minted under this subsection shall be
considered to be numismatic items.
''(6) Issuance of numismatic coins.--The Secretary may mint and
issue such number of $1 coins of each design selected under this
subsection in uncirculated and proof qualities as the Secretary
determines to be appropriate.
''(7) Termination of program.--The issuance of coins under this
subsection shall terminate when one innovation, an individual
innovator, or a group of innovators, from each State, the District
of Columbia, and each territory has been honored and may not be
resumed except by an Act of Congress.''.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.

A: American Innovation $1 Coin Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury, over a 14-year period beginning in 2019, to mint and issue "American Innovation" $1 coins commemorating innovation and innovators from each state, each U.S. territory, and the District of Columbia. Such coins shall be issued in the order in which the states ratified the Constitution or were admitted into the Union. After all such coins are issued, coins shall be issued for the District of Columbia and the territories. Treasury shall issue four coins per year until a coin has been issued for each jurisdiction. Neither the bust of any person nor the portrait of any living person may be included in the design of the coins. The bill instructs Interior to continue to mint and issue $1 coins honoring Native Americans and their contributions.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Helping Those Who Serve Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) Increasing numbers of members of the Armed Forces
serving in Afghanistan and Iraq are suffering from the
significant injuries of the current conflict: post traumatic
stress disorder and traumatic brain injury (hereafter in this
Act referred to as ''PTSD'' and ''TBI'', respectively) .
(2) A recent report by the RAND Corporation estimated that
of the 1.64 million individuals who have been deployed to
Afghanistan and Iraq, approximately 300,000 individuals
currently suffer from PTSD or major depression and that 320,000
report having a probable TBI during deployment.
(3) The need for mental health services is likely to
increase because deployment lengths have increased in the last
year, the number of troops who have served in multiple
deployments is increasing, and the breaks between deployments
have been infrequent.
(4) Several experts have noted the difficulties faced by
members of the Armed Forces in getting screened, diagnosed, and
treated for PTSD and TBI. The RAND report found that, of those
who met diagnostic criteria for PTSD or major depression, only
53 percent had seen a physician or mental health provider to
seek help for a mental health problem in the past 12 months.
(5) Stigma remains a critical barrier to members of the
Armed Forces who may be in need of psychological care,
especially fears that seeking mental health care will lower the
confidence of others in their abilities, threaten career
advancement and security clearances, and possibly cause removal
from their unit.
(6) Stigma may be greatest among those individuals with the
greatest need for mental health services.
(7) To combat stigma, the Mental Health Task Force of the
Department of Defense and others have noted the need for the
Department to reexamine its policies, including those policies
related to command notification or self-disclosure of
psychological health issues that contribute to fears that
seeking mental health care will negatively affect career
opportunities or advancement.
(8) The Mental Health Task Force stated that this
''widespread perception that seeking psychological health
services is costly to an individual's career . . . must be
challenged through thoughtful refinements in command
notification policies, including redefining the balance between
the need to encourage those in need to seek help and the need
for commanders to know in order to maintain force readiness''.
(9) Congress recognizes that much change is under way to
implement numerous recommendations to address concerns that
soldiers in need of mental health services for PTSD and other
conditions are not receiving, including efforts led by the
Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(10) However, without addressing stigma at all levels,
including structurally, these laudable efforts may not
accomplish their goals.
(11) In its July 2007 report, the Mental Health Task Force
called for ending overly conservative policies that have the
unintentional consequence of fueling erroneous beliefs that
seeking psychological health care invariably results in
permanent damage to one's military career. For example, the
Task Force called for allowing, in the case of alcohol use by a
member of the Armed Forces, for the member to receive
appropriate and non-prejudicial education and preventive
services, without a requirement for command notification, when,
in a clinician's judgment, the alcohol use does not warrant a
diagnosis of substance abuse or dependency or does not require
entry into a formal treatment program.
(12) In May, responding to some of these concerns,
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates reportedly approved a change
in the Department's security clearance process to help remove
the stigma associated with seeking mental health care. Under
the change, members of the Armed Forces and employees of the
Department of Defense who have received mental health care will
no longer have to acknowledge that when they fill out standard
security clearance forms, unless the treatment was court-
ordered or involved violence.
(13) Congress encourages the Department to explore further
changes to notification and other policies to further reduce
stigma among members of the Armed Forces, especially as it
relates to career opportunities.

SEC. 3. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

(a) Demonstration Project Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall
conduct a demonstration project designed to develop and test options
for the following:
(1) Increasing access of members of the Armed Forces
returning from deployment abroad, and family members of such
members, to accessible, safe, and confidential mental health
counseling.
(2) Reducing stigma and perceived career repercussions
associated with such members seeking such services.
(3) Making high quality mental health services more user
friendly and accessible for members of the Armed Forces and
their family members, including making services available
outside standard working hours.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the demonstration project is to
provide high-quality treatment, using (to the extent practicable)
evidence-based treatment, for a broad range of mental health
conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder and depression,
with the goal of early intervention to promote effective coping and
resilience.
(c) Duration of Project.--The demonstration project authorized by
this section shall be implemented for a period of three years beginning
not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. SPECIAL WORKING GROUP ON CONFIDENTIALITY.

(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, shall establish a
Special Working Group, which shall be composed of mental health
professionals from each of the Armed Forces, officials from the Surgeon
General Offices at each Armed Force, members of the Armed Forces who
have been deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom or
Operation Iraqi Freedom, and other members as determined appropriated
by the Assistant Secretary.
(b) Appointment.--The Secretary shall make every effort to appoint
members of the working group not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(c) Purpose.--The Special Working Group shall develop guidelines
and make recommendations about regulations to ensure that
confidentiality is protected to the maximum extent possible for members
of the Armed Forces participating in the demonstration project.
(d) Specific Duties.--In addition to such other duties as the
Secretary may assign to the Working Group, the duties of the Working
Group shall include the following:
(1) Review of requirements for documentation of health care
visits.--The review of current policies, questionnaires, and
other relevant documents that require official documentation of
health care visits by a member of the Armed Forces seeking
mental health services, including when access to such services
must be documented in the personnel record of a member.
(2) Criteria for changes to command notification.--The
development of guidelines and criteria for the demonstration
project to address any needed changes to military command
notification requirements to ensure that a visit to an off-base
treatment site by a member of the Armed Forces for mental
health services is not recorded on any military medical or
other record of the member, except in accordance with
guidelines developed under paragraph (3).
(3) Guidelines for breach of confidentiality.--The
development of guidelines for the demonstration project to
address the circumstances under which the confidentiality
protections afforded to a member of the Armed Forces
participating in the demonstration project may be breached and
notification to military commanders and documentation in
personnel records may be made. Such guidelines shall provide,
in general, that confidentiality may be broken only if a mental
health professional determines that the member is a threat to
the member or to another person.
(4) Criteria to limit access to treatment records.--The
development of criteria for the demonstration project for
limiting access to the treatment records of members of the
Armed Forces treated at the demonstration locations, including
when to allow, if appropriate, appropriate access and
notification to military commanders consistent with guidelines
developed under paragraph (3).
(5) Criteria for fitness for duty.--The development of
criteria for determining fitness for duty and deployment for a
member of the Armed Forces that does not depend solely on the
number of visits to mental health providers by the member.
(6) Guidelines for payment.--The development of guidelines
for ensuring that demonstration sites under the demonstration
project receive payment from the Department of Defense for
treating members of the Armed Forces notwithstanding any
requirements of the Department that prohibit such payments
without certain commander notification or personnel
documentation requirements.
(7) Changes related to disclosure of services received
under project.--The provision of changes as necessary to ensure
that those receiving care at demonstration locations are not
required to reveal any services they receive at these locations
on any military form or questionnaire, except to comply with
any guidelines developed under paragraph (3).
(8) Standards to assess effectiveness of project.--The
development of evaluation standards and criteria to use to
assess the effectiveness of the demonstration project in
increasing access to care, decreasing stigma, and improving
high quality mental health care provided to members of the
Armed Forces. As appropriate, the evaluation should be
structured to include both pre- and post-demonstration
assessments of changes in--
(A) access and utilization of care;
(B) costs of care;
(C) outcomes of care;
(D) member satisfaction with access to and quality
of care; and
(E) impact on the ability of military commanders to
determine member fitness for duty and deployability.
(e) Submission of Plan and Deadline.--
(1) Plan.--The Special Working Group shall submit to the
Secretary of Defense a plan with details on the implementation
and evaluation of the demonstration project. After approval of
the plan by the Secretary, the Special Working Group shall
submit to Congress the plan.
(2) Deadline.--All duties of the Special Working group,
including submission of the plan under paragraph (1), shall be
completed before selection of any site of the demonstration
project under section 3 but in no case shall the date of
completion of such duties be later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(f) Application of Guidelines and Recommendations.--The guidelines
and other recommendations, including changes and standards, developed
by the Special Working Group under this section shall be applicable
only to the demonstration project unless the Secretary of Defense
determines otherwise.

SEC. 5. ADVISORY GROUP FOR OVERSIGHT OF DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish an
advisory group of qualified individuals to oversee implementation of
the demonstration project.
(b) Duties.--The advisory group shall--
(1) ensure that the demonstration project adheres to the
guidelines developed by the Special Working Group under section
4;
(2) ensure that plans for implementing the demonstration at
selected sites are developed and include--
(A) outreach strategies to ensure that participants
in the project are informed about the availability of
the programs being provided under the project; and
(B) a plan for training and certifying mental
health providers as well as the development of
strategies and settings, including settings that are
not located at military treatment facilities, where
care can be offered;
(3) ensure that the demonstration project has detailed
evaluation plans, using the criteria and standards developed by
the Special Working Group; and
(4) ensure that independent evaluations of the
demonstration project are conducted in accordance with the
guidelines developed by the Special Working Group, and that the
results of those evaluations are provided to the Secretary of
Defense.

SEC. 6. REPORTS ON DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

(a) Reports Required.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives two reports on the demonstration project.
(2) First report.--The first report shall examine and
assess the plan developed by the Special Working Group under
section 4(e)(1) for implementation and evaluation of the
demonstration project.
(3) Second report.--The second report shall include the
following:
(A) The results of the demonstration project,
evaluated in accordance with the guidelines and other
criteria, changes, and standards developed by the
Special Working Group.
(B) Recommendations on whether any of the policy
changes tested in the demonstration project should be
adopted throughout the Department of Defense.
(C) A plan to ensure that each member of the Armed
Forces participating in the demonstration project
continues to have access to mental health services and
providers after the conclusion of the demonstration
project.
(b) Deadlines.--The first report under this section shall be
submitted not later than one year after the date the demonstration
project begins to be implemented. The second report shall be submitted
at the completion of the demonstration project.

SEC. 7. STUDY AND REPORT ON RETENTION OF MILITARY MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS.

(a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Surgeon General of each branch of the Armed Forces, shall conduct a
study to determine the reasons for attrition among military mental
health professionals and to make recommendations to increase
recruitment and retention of military mental health professionals, such
as through scholarships, loan forgiveness, or updates in current
recruiting bonuses.
(b) Report.--Not later than six months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
Congress a report on the study conducted and recommendations made under
subsection (a), including--
(1) the estimated cost of implementing each such
recommendation;
(2) with respect to each branch of the Armed Forces, an
estimate of the existing number of military mental health
professionals and the estimated number of such professionals
required to meet demand, including for future years, for mental
health services; and
(3) any recommendations for legislative changes necessary
to implement the recommendations made under such study.
(c) Military Mental Health Professional Defined.--For purposes of
this section, the term ''military mental health professional'' means a
mental health professional who provides mental health services to
members of the Armed Forces, whether such professional is a member of
the Armed Forces, an employee of the Department of Defense, or a
contractor of the Department of Defense.

A: Helping Those Who Serve Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a demonstration project (project) designed to: (1) increase access of members of the Armed Forces (members) returning from deployment abroad, and their families, to accessible, safe, and confidential mental health counseling; (2) reduce the stigma and career repercussions associated with seeking such services; and (3) make high-quality mental health services more user-friendly to such members and their families.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a Special Working Group to develop guidelines and recommendations to ensure the protection of confidentiality for members participating in the project; (2) establish an advisory group to oversee project implementation; (3) submit project reports to the congressional defense committees; and (4) conduct a study of reasons for attrition among military mental health professionals, and make recommendations to increase the recruitment and retention of such individuals.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Higher Education Science and
Technology Competitiveness Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States is losing its dominance in the
sciences and technology, and faces serious challenges from
highly educated foreign competitors.
(2) The workforce of the United States must be better
prepared for the scientifically and technologically advanced
competition of the global economy.
(3) New scientific knowledge is the engine of American
technological innovation, national security, economic growth,
and prosperity.
(4) The competitiveness of the United States depends on
strengthening and expanding postsecondary educational efforts
in science, math, engineering, and technology.
(5) Shortages of scientifically and technologically
educated workers will be best addressed through partnerships
between the Nation's associate degree-granting colleges and
public four-year colleges and universities.
(6) Enlarging the traditional role of community colleges in
workforce training by developing seamless transitions from
occupational competency or certificate programs to associate
degree programs in math, science, engineering, and technology.

SEC. 3. ARTICULATION AGREEMENT PROGRAM.

Part G of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended
by inserting after section 486 (20 U.S.C. 1093) the following new
section:

''SEC. 486A. ARTICULATION AGREEMENT PROGRAM.

''(a) Purpose; Definition.--
''(1) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to
strengthen and expand scientific and technological education
capabilities of associate-degree-granting public institutions
of higher education through the establishment of partnership
arrangements with bachelor-degree-granting public institutions
of higher education.
''(2) Definition.--For the purposes of this section, the
term 'articulation agreement' means an agreement between
institutions of higher education that specifies the
acceptability of courses in transfer toward meeting specific
degree requirements.
''(b) Program Authorized.--
''(1) Grants to public institutions.--From the sums
appropriated under subsection (g), the Secretary shall award
grants under this section to public institutions of higher
education for the support of programs to establish and
implement statewide articulation agreements in accordance with
subsection (d).
''(2) Eligibility of private institutions to participate in
agreements.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to
preclude a nonprofit or for-profit private institution of
higher education from participating in the development and
implementation of a statewide articulation agreement under
subsection (d).
''(c) Applications.--Each institution, system, or consortium of
institutions desiring to participate in a demonstration program under
this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time,
in such manner, and containing such information and assurances as the
Secretary may require.
''(d) Use of Funds.--Funds provided by grant under this section may
be used--
''(1) to establish statewide articulation agreements in
math, science, engineering, and technology among public 2-year
institutions and public 4-year institutions to provide a
seamless transition for the transfer of students from the
public 2-year institutions to the public 4-year institutions by
having both such types of institutions provide and use a common
core curricula that reflects the workforce needs of private
industry;
''(2) to establish articulation agreements within community
colleges between occupational competency or certification
programs and associate degree programs in math, science,
engineering, and technology to increase the proportion of
students who enroll to complete their associates degree;
''(3) to collect data on transfers from 2-year institutions
to 4-year institutions on a regular basis and to submit such
data to commissioners or departments of higher education, for
transmission by such commissioners and departments to the
Secretary, in order to monitor program progress and success;
''(4) to develop a statewide articulation guide in
consultation with public colleges and universities to provide
students with descriptions of articulation requirements; and
''(5) to develop a plan for professional development of 2-
year college faculty, including inter-institutional workshops,
consultations, and professional meetings.
''(e) Evaluations and Reports.--The Secretary shall collect from
State commissioners and departments the data provided by grant
recipients under subsection (d)(3) for the purposes of evaluating the
success of the program authorized by this section. The Secretary shall
submit a report on the results of such evaluation to the Congress not
later than 2 years after the end of the first fiscal year for which
funds are made available for grants under this section.
''(f) Additional Definition.--The Secretary shall by regulation
define the term 'degree programs in math, science, engineering, and
technology'.
''(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to make grants under this section $10,000,000 for fiscal
year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4
succeeding fiscal years.''.

A:
Higher Education Science and Technology Competitiveness Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to public institutions of higher education to establish and implement statewide articulation agreements that provide a seamless transition for the transfer of students from two-year institutions to four-year institutions through a common core curricula in math, science, engineering, and technology that reflects the workforce needs of private industry.
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