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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Disaster Assistance Simplification Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits a recipient of a disaster-recovery&nbsp;grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development from denying an&nbsp;applicant for assistance, or reducing the amount of assistance offered to the applicant, on the basis that the applicant declined disaster-recovery relief assistance from the Small Business Administration.</p>]]></text>
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