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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Stopping Activities Underpinning Development In Weapons of Mass Destruction Act or the SAUDI WMD Act</b></p> <p>This bill establishes measures, including restrictions on U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia, to inhibit the development of nuclear weapons by Saudi Arabia.</p>]]></text>
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