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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Fair Wages for Americans with Disabilities Act - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Secuirty Act to prescribe formulae to exclude any increase in the federal minimum wage from calculation of an individual's (or spouse's) income for SSI eligibility purposes (thus preventing ineligibility for SSI benefits by reason of such an increase).</p>]]></text>
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