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        <fullName>Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Small Business Act to state that the National Veterans Business Development Corporation is a private entity, and not an agency, instrumentality, authority, entity, or establishment of the United States Government.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Amends the Small Business Act to state that the National Veterans Business Development Corporation is a private entity, and not an agency, instrumentality, authority, entity, or establishment of the United States Government.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>A bill to amend section 33(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U. S. C. 657c(a)) to clarify that the National Veterans Business Development Corporation is a private entity.</title>
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        <title>A bill to amend section 33(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U. S. C. 657c(a)) to clarify that the National Veterans Business Development Corporation is a private entity.</title>
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