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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.</text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Start Building a Real Fence Act of 2008 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 with respect to the construction of physical fencing along the southern border of the United States. </p>]]></text>
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      <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.</text>
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