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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.</text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>General Secretary Act </b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the federal government from creating or disseminating documents that refer to China's head of state as anything other than <i>General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party </i>or <i>General Secretary</i>.</p>]]></text>
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