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        <title>To extend to Nepal certain preferential treatment with respect to apparel articles.</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[ Allows certain apparel articles that are imported directly into the customs territory of the United States from Nepal during FY 2004 through 2005 to enter free of duty and free of any quantitative limitations as if they were articles of a lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African country under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, if Nepal has satisfied specified requirements.]]></text>
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