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        <fullName>Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Veterans Health Administration Employee Protection Act - Requires that, whenever an employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs incurs in an occupational setting a possible exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall test for HIV the person who is the source of the exposure.</p>]]></text>
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        <title>To amend title 38, United States Code, to require mandatory HIV testing of potential sources in the event of possible occupational exposure to HIV in a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility.</title>
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