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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Public Transportation Accountability Act - Prohibits a public transportation agency that receives federal funds from providing annual compensation (i.e., salary and amounts paid under a severance agreement) to the chief executive officer or any other office or employee of such agency in an amount that exceeds the annual compensation of the President of the United States ($400,000 base salary). </p>]]></text>
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