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        <fullName>Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28]</fullName>
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        <title>H.R. 4303, American Education Promotion Act</title>
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        <description>&lt;p&gt;Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on June 24, 2004&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>American Schools Abroad Support Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that additional funds should be made available to American-sponsored schools in Arab and other predominantly Muslim countries to provide full or partial merit-based scholarships to students from lower- and middle-income families of such countries to attend such schools.</p> <p>Authorizes the Secretary of State, acting through the Director of the Office of Overseas Schools of the Department of State, to make grants to such schools to provide scholarships to such students. </p>]]></text>
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