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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Community Readiness Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants for research institutions or state or local governments to research or establish wastewater surveillance systems or other early-warning systems for detecting infectious diseases.</p>]]></text>
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