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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Healthy Environment for Children Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from reducing, consolidating, or terminating the offices and activities (e.g., intramural grants, extramural grants, and research) of the National Center for Environmental Research.</p>]]></text>
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