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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Help Encourage a Lifetime of Public Service Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes first responders and certain farmers or ranchers eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program and eliminates interest on federal student loans of certain borrowers employed in the public service sector.</p>]]></text>
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