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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Project to Protect America Act - Requires the Office of Personnel Management to provide for a demonstration project under which eligible federal employees who are holding positions that: (1) are in or under the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (2) are classified under a GS 1811 position (criminal investigative series regarding criminal investigators); and (3) are within high-cost areas will be be paid a basic housing allowance. </p>]]></text>
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