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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Global Health Care Cooperation Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow permanent resident doctors or health care workers to reside in a qualifying developing country (candidate countries) while working in such professions and be considered to be maintaining U.S. presence and residency requirements for naturalization purposes.</p> <p> Directs the Secretary of State to publish a candidate country list.</p>]]></text>
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