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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Closing Regulatory Loopholes Act of 2013 - Requires federal agency guidance documents and major guidance documents&nbsp;to be submitted for congressional review prior to implementation.&nbsp; Defines: (1) "guidance document" as an agency statement of general applicability and future effect that sets forth a policy on a statutory, regulatory, or technical issue or an interpretation of a statutory or regulatory issue; and (2)&nbsp;"major guidance document" as a guidance document that has resulted in or is likely to result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more, a major increase in costs or prices, or a significant adverse effect on competition, employment, investment, productivity, or innovation.</p>]]></text>
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