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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act </b></p> <p>This bill establishes a national mercury monitoring program to track long-term changes in: (1) mercury levels and important ancillary measures in the air; and (2) mercury and methyl mercury levels and important ancillary measures in water, soil, or sediments and in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial organisms.</p>]]></text>
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