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          <name>Armed Forces and National Security</name>
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          <name>Armed forces reserves</name>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow penalty-free distributions of amounts from a flexible spending arrangement to members of a military reserve component ordered or called to active duty for at least 180 days or for an indefinite period. </p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special disposition rules for unused benefits in flexible spending arrangements of individuals called to active duty.</title>
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        <title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special disposition rules for unused benefits in flexible spending arrangements of individuals called to active duty.</title>
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        <title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special disposition rules for unused benefits in flexible spending arrangements of individuals called to active duty.</title>
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