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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to train appropriate government employees to carry out highway tunnel (under current law, only bridge) inspections.</p> <p>Includes tunnel construction, rehabilitation, and operational improvements as eligible projects under the federal surface transportation program.</p>]]></text>
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