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        <fullName>Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Rhode Island Federal Worker Fairness Act of 2007 - States that the wage schedules and rates applicable to prevailing rate employees in the Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, wage area shall be the same as the wage schedules and rates applicable to prevailing rate employees in the Boston, Massachusetts, wage area. </p>]]></text>
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    <title>Rhode Island Federal Worker Fairness Act of 2007</title>
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