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        <text><![CDATA[Rural Fire Department Equipment Priority Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Agriculture to enter into an agreement to utilize the Federal Excess Personal Property program of the Forest Service to transfer excess personal property of the Department of Defense to the Forest Service for reutilization by firefighting agencies in rural areas. Requires the priority given to such transfers by the Department of Defense to be at least equal to that given for transferring such property to military departments and defense agencies.]]></text>
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