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Representative George Miller (D-CA-07)
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1362 points |
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| Birthplace | Richmond, CA |
| Residence | Martinez, CA |
| Education | JD, University of California at Davis, School of Law; BA, San Francisco State University; Diablo Valley Community College |
| In Office | 32 years (Next election in 2008) |
| Experience | Democratic Nominee for California Senate, 1969; Attorney; Staff member, then-State Senate Majority Leader George Moscone |
| Website | http://www.house.gov/georgemiller/ |
Thursday, August 14, 2008 | 7:50 PM CST
Friday, August 8, 2008 | 7:58 PM CST
Friday, August 8, 2008 | 3:51 AM CST
Sunday, August 3, 2008 | 10:20 AM CST
Friday, August 1, 2008 | 12:34 PM CST
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H.CON.RES.398
9 points
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Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Passed/agreed to in Senate on Thursday, July 31, 2008
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H.R.6660
5 points
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To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from issuing, administering, or enforcing any rule, regulation, or requirement derived from the proposal submitted to the Office of Management and Budget entitled "Requirements for DOL Agencies' Assessment of Occupational Health Risks" (RIN:1290-AA23).
Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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H.R.6159
0 points
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To provide for a land exchange involving certain National Forest System lands in the Mendocino National Forest in the State of California, and for other purposes.
House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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H.CON.RES.379
9 points
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Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Passed/agreed to in Senate on Thursday, June 26, 2008
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H.R.6358
30 points
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To require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
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H.R.5876
20 points
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To require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purposes.
House floor actions on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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H.R.1526
45 points
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To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program, and for other purposes.
Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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H.R.5522
30 points
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To require the Secretary of Labor to issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, May 1, 2008
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H.CON.RES.340
9 points
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To make technical corrections in the enrollment of the bill H. R. 493.
Passed/agreed to in Senate on Thursday, May 1, 2008
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H.R.2831
55 points
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To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes.
Senate floor actions on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
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H.R.5838
5 points
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To amend the National Labor Relations Act to apply the protections of the Act to teaching and research assistants.
Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 17, 2008
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H.R.3185
5 points
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To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual account plans and to establish in the Department of Labor an Advisory Council on Improving Employer-Employee Retirement Practices.
House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, April 16, 2008
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H.R.3111
30 points
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To provide for the administration of Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, March 5, 2008
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H.R.4108
30 points
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To amend section 3328 of title 5, United States Code, relating to Selective Service registration.
Referred to Senate subcommittee on Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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H.R.2768
30 points
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To establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, January 22, 2008
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H.RES.836
5 points
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Granting the authority provided under clause 4(c)(3) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the Committee on Education and Labor for purposes of its investigation into the deaths of 9 individuals that occurred at the Crandall Canyon Mine near Huntington, Utah.
Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, December 5, 2007
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H.R.4153
30 points
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To make certain technical corrections and transition amendments to the College Cost Reduction and Access Act.
Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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H.R.4154
30 points
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To increase the insurance limitations on Federal insurance for bonds issued by the designated bonding authority for Historically Black Colleges and Universities capital financing.
Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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H.R.4101
5 points
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For the relief of Christopher Freking.
Referred to House committee on Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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H.R.3927
30 points
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To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, October 30, 2007
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H.R.3796
5 points
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To amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to minimize the adverse effects of employment dislocation, and for other purposes.
Placed on the Union Calendar on Thursday, October 25, 2007
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H.R.3663
5 points
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To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft, and for other purposes.
Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, September 27, 2007
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H.R.3122
5 points
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To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, September 19, 2007
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H.R.2769
5 points
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To establish improved mandatory standards to protect and enhance the health of miners.
Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, July 24, 2007
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H.R.2204
5 points
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To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Higher Education Act of 1965, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals, and for other purposes.
Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, July 17, 2007
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H.R.2103
5 points
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To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60.
Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, July 17, 2007
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H.R.1763
5 points
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To provide for labor recruiter accountability, and for other purposes.
Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, June 27, 2007
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H.R.1372
5 points
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To provide grants to recruit new teachers, principals, and other school leaders to, and retain and support current and returning teachers, principals, and other school leaders employed in, public elementary and public secondary schools, and to help higher education, in areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, and for other purposes.
Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, June 27, 2007
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H.R.1608
5 points
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To expand college opportunities by significantly simplifying the Federal student aid application process.
Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, June 27, 2007
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H.R.800
40 points
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To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes.
Senate floor actions on Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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H.R.2559
30 points
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To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 7, 2007
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H.R.1010
5 points
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To ensure that Federal student loans are delivered as efficiently as possible in order to provide additional grant aid to students.
Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 5, 2007
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H.R.890
10 points
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To establish requirements for lenders and institutions of higher education in order to protect students and other borrowers receiving educational loans.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, May 10, 2007
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H.R.990
30 points
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To provide all low-income students with the same opportunity to receive a Pell Grant by suspending the tuition sensitivity provision in the Pell Grant program.
Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, February 28, 2007
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H.RES.168
1 points
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Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Education and Labor in the One Hundred Tenth Congress.
Referred to House committee on Thursday, February 15, 2007
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H.R.2
60 points
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To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.
Passed/agreed to in Senate on Thursday, February 1, 2007
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H.CON.RES.31
6 points
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Honoring the Mare Island Original 21ers for their efforts to remedy racial discrimination in employment at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, January 18, 2007
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H.R.5
30 points
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To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reduce interest rates for student borrowers.
Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, January 17, 2007
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H.R.2669
135 points
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To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 601 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008.
Became Public Law No: 110-84 on Saturday, June 6, 1970
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H.R.4137
115 points
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To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
Became Public Law No: 110-315 on Saturday, June 6, 1970
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H.R.5715
110 points
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To ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families.
Became Public Law No: 110-227 on Saturday, June 6, 1970
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0 points
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An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 110-590 to make technical and conforming changes; state that loan limit increases available under this Act are available only to students meeting the requirements of section 484(a) of the HEA; target the loan limit increases to those students and families in most need; in regard to school-wide lender-of-last-resort eligibility, specifies that the Secretary of Education shall determine whether a school qualifies and provides criteria for the Secretary to consider in making the determination; specifies that funds received by lenders from loan sales be used to originate new loans; clarifiy that the Secretary has the authority to enter into forward commitments to purchase new loans; and clarifies that, at the discretion of the Secretary, a loan purchased by the Secretary may continue to be serviced by the current lender.
No Action on
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0 points
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An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 110-613 to make four adjustments to the bill: (1) correct the short title; (2) provide that engineering controls required by the interim standard shall be effective 6 months after issuance of the standard (rather than 30 days); (3) maintain the provision that DOL shall include appropriate and relevant NFPA standards in the final standard but eliminates references to specific NFPA standards; and (4) clarifie that the final standard shall be conducted in accordance with usual rulemaking procedural requirements, including those that provide for small business review.
No Action on
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0 points
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An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 110-508 to provide the mining industry with more time to install a new generation of fire-resistant conveyor belts. The amendment would also provide funds for MSHA to purchase a new generation of dust monitoring devices to limit black lung disease, and ensure that breathable air requirements of the MINER Act of 2006 are properly implemented. In addition, the amendment requires that the Secretary of Labor conduct a study on substance abuse by miners with recommendations for policy changes, in consultation with all interested parties. The Secretary shall report the findings within six months of the bill's enactment and, if she deems it feasible and effective, shall be authorized to establish a miner substance abuse testing, rehabilitation, and treatment program within MSHA in consultation with the interested parties.
No Action on
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0 points
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An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 110-717 to make three changes to the definition of "covered program." It expands the definition to include public residential programs, and it strikes the exclusion of psychiatric residential treatment facilities and the exclusion of foster care group homes. The amendment strikes the requirement for the Secretary of HHS to make unannounced site inspections of covered programs at least once every two years, and it strikes Section 5. The amendment requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the activities of the national toll-free hotline, directs the Secretary to conduct a study on the outcomes of residential programs, and amends one of the standards to require a timeline about notifying parents.
No Action on
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0 points
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An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 110-349 to clarify that a standard will only beneeded if diacetyl is still in use. Second, it clarifies that Section 4, calling for a NIOSH study, applies to potential substitutes for diacetyl.
No Action on
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0 points
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An amendment numbered 1 printed House Report 110-422 to (1) provide explicitly that any religious corporation, school, association or society that is exempt under either Section 702(a) or 703(e)(2) of Title VII's religious exemptions is exempt under ENDA. It clarifies that the scope of Title VII's exemption is exactly the scope of ENDA's exemption (if a school is exempt from Title VII's religious discrimination prohibitions, it will also be exempt from ENDA); and (2) clarify that ENDA does not alter the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in any way. It strikes language referencing `a same-sex couple who are not married' in the Employee Benefits section of ENDA. It also inserts language clarifying that the term `married' has the meaning given such term in DOMA, directly incorporating DOMA's definition of marriage.
No Action on
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0 points
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An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 110-523 to make technical changes to the bill, as well as changes to the provisions on college costs to a more consumer friendly approach, while keeping the focus on accountability; revises the definition of the state funds that count toward meeting the State Maintenance of Effort requirement; revises a technical amendment to Pell grant funding; modifies the Cohort Default Rate provisions to provide for a transition period before the new sanctions are imposed and provides for targeted technical assistance to schools in danger of losing their federal student aid as a result of high Cohort Default Rates; provides assurances that students will be aware of lower-cost federal student aid options before turning to more expensive private loans and a means to help students avoid potentially compromising their federal aid eligibility by inadvertently relying on private student loans or borrowing excess amounts of private student loans; and includes studies.
No Action on
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H.R.2964
15 points
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To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife species under that Act, to make corrections in the provisions relating to captive wildlife offenses under that Act, and for other purposes.
Read twice on Friday, August 1, 2008
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H.R.3021
18 points
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To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
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H.R.2095
0 points
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To amend title 49, United States Code, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety Administration, and for other purposes.
Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, August 1, 2008
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H.R.5477
0 points
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 South Del Mar Avenue in San Gabriel, California, as the "Chi Mui Post Office Building".
Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, August 1, 2008
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H.R.6382
18 points
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To make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
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