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        <text><![CDATA[For further action, see S.2829, which became Public Law 110-242 on 6/3/2008.]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p></p> <p>Makes technical corrections to provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 which provide special immigrant status for certain Iraqis employed by or on behalf of the U.S. government.</p> <p>Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security or State to convert approved petitions for such status with respect to which visas are not immediately available to approved petitions for petitions filed before October 1, 2008.</p>]]></text>
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