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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Tax Equity Act of 201</strong>7</p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for regional cost-of-living adjustments in individual income tax rates. The bill also directs the Department of Labor to determine and publish a regional cost-of-living index for each statistical area for 2017 and each calendar year thereafter. A &quot;statistical area&quot; is: (1) any metropolitan statistical area as defined by the Department of Commerce, and (2) the portion of any state not within a metropolitan statistical area.</p> <p> <p>]]></text>
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