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        <fullName>Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Emergency Moratorium Testing Act of 2006 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) (as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001) to extend deadlines for implementing certain academic assessments.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary of Education to encourage states, during the three-year period beginning upon enactment of this Act, to place a moratorium on the administration of all standardized tests. Requires each state desiring to receive a grant under ESEA title I part A, beginning after such three-year period, to report annually to the Secretary on all standardized tests administered to elementary or secondary students in the state.</p>]]></text>
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