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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Work Safe Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows employers a tax credit for providing testing for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). </p> <p>The bill also requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to disclose the COVID-19 weekly positive case rate for each state and the United States for the most recent calendar week. </p>]]></text>
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