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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Screening All Fentanyl-Enhanced Mail Act of 2019 or the SAFE Mail Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and deploy technology to detect illicit fentanyl and other synthetic opioids in 100% of international mail and cargo inbound into the United States from high-risk countries identified by DHS. </p>]]></text>
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