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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act or the Small BREW Act</strong></p> <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the rate of the excise tax on beer produced within or imported into the United States for brewers who produce not more than 6 million barrels of beer a year. </p>]]></text>
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