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		<title>Banks and Crypto Backers Tussle as Senators Eye Landmark Digital Asset Bill</title>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 05:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Banking groups are floating last-minute changes to a compromise on stablecoin yield as a key Senate panel begins considering a landmark digital asset bill. The proposed changes would tweak the compromise brokered by Senators Thom Tillis, a Republican, and Angela &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>US House Passes Farm Bill After Scrapping Pesticide Language Opposed by MAHA</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/05/01/868148.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 15:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed its version of a five-year farm bill after stripping a provision opposed by the &#8220;Make America Healthy Again&#8221; movement that would have blocked some lawsuits against pesticide makers. The House passage shows &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bill to Extend Federal Terrorism Insurance Backstop Introduced in Senate Committee</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/04/29/867630.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad Hemenway]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A bipartisan effort is underway in the Senate with the introduction of a bill to extended the federal terrorism risk insurance program for seven years. A federal backstop for terrorism risk was first initiated late in 2002 by the Terrorism &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Auto Safety Bill Targeting Electric Doors Advances in US House</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/02/12/857817.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 06:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[US lawmakers agreed to advance an automotive safety bill that would require manual releases in new vehicles with electrically powered door handles, bringing the measure that could impact designs popularized by Tesla Inc. a step closer to becoming law. The &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>APCIA Testifies in Support of the Fix Our Forests Act</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/02/04/856735.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad Hemenway]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 06:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The American Property Casualty Insurance Association testified on Capitol Hill Jan. 3 in support of the Fix Our Forests Act. The legislation, led by Reps. Bruce Westerman, R-Ariz., and Scott Peters, D-Calif., was passed by the House following the January &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Update: House Committee Advances Bill to Extend Federal Terrorism Backstop</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/01/22/855197.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad Hemenway]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Looking to ensure the longevity of a worthwhile federal program, the insurance industry has continued to lobby in favor of the TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026. The legislation (HR 7128)—sponsored by Mike Flood, R-Neb., and cosponsored by Andrew Garbarino, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Insurance Regulators, Trades Get Behind Latest Effort to Abolish FIO</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/01/20/854885.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad Hemenway]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The nation&#8217;s insurance commissioners and industry trade associations are looking to support efforts to put the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) back on the chopping block. Late last week, Rep. Troy Downing, R-Mont., introduced the McCarran-Ferguson Restoration Act to eliminate the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Thumbs Down on SELF DRIVE Act as Written, Says Industry Trades</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/01/16/854682.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Federal lawmakers have begun to discuss numerous pieces of legislation focusing on the evolving automobile industry, with legislation addressing consumer data rights, parts and repair, pedestrian safety, driver-assistance technology and even catalytic-converter theft. In preparation for a hearing Jan. 13, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Industry Trade Associations Throw More Support Behind FEMA Reform</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/12/11/850729.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The American Property Casualty Insurance Association and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies were among a handful of organizations to send a letter to federal lawmakers in support of a bill to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tech Industry Drive to Block State AI Laws Hits Wall in Congress</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/12/03/849718.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 06:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A powerful coalition of tech companies backed by the White House&#8217;s artificial intelligence chief appears to have failed to persuade lawmakers to use a must-pass defense bill to block state governments from regulating artificial intelligence, a key congressional Republican signaled &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>More Federal Legislation Introduced to Tackle Third-Party Lit Funding</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/11/24/848883.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad Hemenway]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Sen. John Kennedy has introduced a new bill aimed at reforming the courtroom practice of third-party litigation funding. Kennedy, R-La., introduced the Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act last week, and it was immediately supported by the insurance industry &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>APCIA: House Judiciary Committee Must Pass Litigation Funding Disclosure Reforms</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/11/18/848101.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) continues to throw support behind two bills schedule for markup today by the House Judiciary Committee. Committee member Rep. Darell Issa, R-Calif., in February introduced the Litigation Transparency Act of 2025 (HR 1109) &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NFIP Reauthorized With Passage of Funding Bill to End Government Shutdown</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/11/13/847559.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been reauthorized until the end of January 2026. With the passage of HR 5371, which ended the 43-day shutdown of the federal government, NFIP was temporarily extended until Jan. 30, 2026. The program &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NAMIC Voices Support for FEMA Reform Bill</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/11/13/847507.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[It did not taking long for one of the industry&#8217;s trade associations to spring to action following Congress&#8217;s return to work after a lengthy government shutdown. The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) on Thursday called on U.S House &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Industry Groups Applaud Bill to Treat Forests, Mitigate Wildfire Risk</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/10/23/844812.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 06:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Insurance industry trades praised a Senate committee for the passage this week of the Fix Our Forests Act, a measure to address high-risk wildfire regions. &#8220;The risk of wildfire can no longer be ignored or underestimated. We need action to &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Insurance Industry Reps Back Reauthorization of Federal Terrorism Backstop</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/09/17/839474.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Marsh McLennan lost 358 employees in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, and in Washington today Michelle Sartain, who has worked at Marsh for more than 28 years, encouraged lawmakers to reauthorize the Terrorism &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Industry Trades Throw Support Behind Bill to Affirm State Regulation of Insurance</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/07/29/833664.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 20:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) is supporting a bill first introduced more than 18 months ago to limit the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and protect state regulation of the insurance industry. Rep. Bryan Steil, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Increasing Drone Incidents Near Airports, Stadiums Prompt Alarm, Officials Say</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/07/23/832933.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[U.S. officials told a Senate committee on Tuesday that there have been more than 3,000 drone events near American airports since 2021, including 11 aircraft this year that reported taking evasive action to avoid collisions. Those drone incidents have caused &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Attempts to Reform Litigation Funding Disclosure Continue on the Hill</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/07/22/832752.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 15:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Changes to the taxes paid by litigation investors did not make it in the final version of the expansive One Big Beautiful Bill, but the issue of third-party litigating funding continues to have the attention of at least some lawmakers &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tax Increase on Litigation Funders Does Not Make Final Budget Bill</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/07/07/830534.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 15:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[When Trump&#8217;s huge tax bill was signed into law July 4, missing were changes to the taxes third-party litigation funders pay. Once included within the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) was language to tax earnings by litigation funders at a &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Big I Celebrates Continued Tax Deduction for Many Independent Agents</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 05:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Independent Insurance Agents &#38; Brokers of America (Big &#8220;I&#8221;) last Thursday celebrated the passage of the &#8220;One Big Beautiful Bill.&#8221; &#8220;The Big &#8216;I&#8217; would like to thank the U.S. Congress and President Trump for their work to bring more &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Insurance Industry Rejects Proposed Moratorium on State AI Regulation</title>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A proposed decade-long moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence has gained the attention of many, including those within the insurance industry. The 10-year prohibition of AI regulation is contained within the sweeping tax bill, &#8220;One Big Beautiful Bill,&#8221; and &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Effort to Close Litigation Funding Tax Loophole Added to Federal Budget Bill</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/06/17/828109.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 13:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Within changes submitted by U.S. Senate Republicans to President Donald Trump&#8217;s tax bill is language that would close a tax &#8220;loophole&#8221; for third-party litigation funders. According to text released Monday by U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, to &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8216;Big Beautiful&#8217; Tax Breaks for Insurance Agents in Bill Passed by House, Says Big I</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/05/23/824883.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 05:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America celebrated a &#8220;significant victory&#8221; for independent agents with the passage of a sweeping tax bill this week by the House of Representatives. The so-called &#8220;Big Beautiful Bill&#8221; of tax reform makes much &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Stablecoin Bill Advances in US Senate in Big Win for Crypto</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/05/20/824512.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 15:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Stablecoin legislation overcame a procedural blockade in the US Senate, marking a major victory for the crypto industry after a group of Democrats dropped their opposition Monday. The industry-backed regulatory bill is now set for debate on the Senate floor &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>US House Bill Reintroduced to Rid Federal Insurance Office of Subpoena Power</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/05/15/823897.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 16:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Rep. Scott Fitzgerald on May 15 reintroduced a bill to eliminate the subpoena power of the Federal Insurance Office (FIO). The Insurance Data Protection Act was first presented by Fitzgerald, R-Wis., to the U.S. House of Representatives in September 2023. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NAIC, Legislators Push to Abolish the Federal Insurance Office</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/03/27/817364.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 05:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Last week, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners announced its agenda for 2025, including the call to eliminate the U.S. Treasury&#8217;s Federal Insurance Office. This comes on the heels of legislation, the Federal Insurance Office Elimination Act, introduced in January &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Viewpoint: The Imperative of Long-Term NFIP Reform</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2024/03/19/765449.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 05:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[In the wake of a record-shattering 28 billion-dollar extreme weather and natural disaster season in 2023, the U.S. finds itself at the mercy of an increasingly volatile climate. As hurricanes grow fiercer, sea levels rise and rainfall patterns shift, one &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>White House AI Council Meets as Legislative Action Stalls</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2024/01/29/757605.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 15:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The White House artificial intelligence council is meeting Monday, three months after President Joe Biden signed an executive order that aims to reduce the risks AI poses. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed, who will convene the council &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bill Introduced to Keep CFPB Out of State Insurance Regulation</title>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 14:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[New bi-partisan legislation meant to keep the regulation of insurance companies with state regulators was introduced in the Senate on Jan. 16. The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2024 from senators Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Joe Manchin, D-W.V., &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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