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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>High Unemployment Area Assistance Act of 2003 - Directs the Administrator of General Services to give preference to areas where the unemployment rate exceeds the national average by two percent or more in selecting sites for the construction of public buildings and in leasing space for Federal agencies.</p>]]></text>
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