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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>GAO Audit Mandates Revision Act </b></p> <p>This bill eliminates several Government Accountability Office audits, including audits of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and those related to inflation adjustments of civil penalties. </p>]]></text>
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