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1	2		119THCONGRESS
2	3		1
3	4		STSESSION S. 423
4		-	AN ACT
	5	+	To protect regular order for budgeting for the Department of Veterans
	6	+	Affairs, and for other purposes.
	7	+	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
	8	+	FEBRUARY5, 2025
	9	+	Mr. S
	10	+	ULLIVAN(for himself, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. BUDD, Mr. WICKER, Mrs.
	11	+	B
	12	+	LACKBURN, Mr. SCOTTof Florida, Mr. DAINES, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr.
	13	+	R
	14	+	ICKETTS, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. TILLIS, and Ms.
	15	+	E
	16	+	RNST) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
	17	+	to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
	18	+	A BILL
5	19		To protect regular order for budgeting for the Department
6	20		of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
7	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
8		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
9		-	†S 423 ES
10		-	SECTION 1. PROTECTING REGULAR ORDER FOR VET-1
11		-	ERANS. 2
12		-	(a) S
13		-	HORTTITLE.—This section may be cited as the 3
14		-	‘‘Protecting Regular Order for Veterans Act of 2025’’ or 4
15		-	the ‘‘PRO Veterans Act of 2025’’. 5
16		-	(b) Q
17		-	UARTERLYBRIEFINGS ONDEPARTMENT OF 6
	22	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	23	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	24	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Regular 4
	25	+	Order for Veterans Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘PRO Veterans 5
	26	+	Act of 2025’’. 6
	27	+	SEC. 2. PROTECTING REGULAR ORDER FOR VETERANS. 7
	28	+	(a) Q
	29	+	UARTERLYBRIEFINGS ONDEPARTMENT OF 8
18	30		V
19		-	ETERANSAFFAIRSBUDGETARYSHORTFALLS.— 7
20		-	(1) Q
21		-	UARTERLY BRIEFINGS.— 8
	31	+	ETERANSAFFAIRSBUDGETARYSHORTFALLS.— 9
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	35	+	(1) QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS.— 1
22	36		(A) Q
23		-	UARTERLY BRIEFINGS REQUIRED .— 9
24		-	During the first quarter beginning after the 10
25		-	date of the enactment of this Act and in each 11
26		-	quarter thereafter until the date that is three 12
27		-	years after the date of the enactment of this 13
28		-	Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-14
29		-	vide to the appropriate committees of Congress 15
30		-	a quarterly briefing, in person, on the budget of 16
31		-	the Department of Veterans Affairs and any 17
32		-	shortfall the Department may be experiencing. 18
	37	+	UARTERLY BRIEFINGS REQUIRED .— 2
	38	+	During the first quarter beginning after the 3
	39	+	date of the enactment of this Act and in each 4
	40	+	quarter thereafter until the date that is three 5
	41	+	years after the date of the enactment of this 6
	42	+	Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-7
	43	+	vide to the appropriate committees of Congress 8
	44	+	a quarterly briefing, in person, on the budget of 9
	45	+	the Department of Veterans Affairs and any 10
	46	+	shortfall the Department may be experiencing. 11
33	47		(B) P
34		-	LANS.—In any case in which the Sec-19
35		-	retary informs Congress during a briefing 20
36		-	under paragraph (1) that the Department is ex-21
37		-	periencing a shortfall, the Secretary shall, dur-22
38		-	ing such briefing, present the plans of the Sec-23
39		-	retary to address or mitigate the shortfall. 24
	48	+	LANS.—In any case in which the Sec-12
	49	+	retary informs Congress during a briefing 13
	50	+	under paragraph (1) that the Department is ex-14
	51	+	periencing a shortfall, the Secretary shall, dur-15
	52	+	ing such briefing, present the plans of the Sec-16
	53	+	retary to address or mitigate the shortfall. 17
40	54		(2) D
41		-	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 25 3
42		-	†S 423 ES
43		-	(A) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -1
44		-	GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of 2
45		-	Congress’’ means— 3
46		-	(i) the Committee on Veterans’ Af-4
47		-	fairs and the Committee on Appropriations 5
48		-	of the Senate; and 6
49		-	(ii) the Committee on Veterans’ Af-7
50		-	fairs and the Committee on Appropriations 8
51		-	of the House of Representatives. 9
	55	+	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 18
	56	+	(A) A
	57	+	PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -19
	58	+	GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of 20
	59	+	Congress’’ means— 21
	60	+	(i) the Committee on Veterans’ Af-22
	61	+	fairs and the Committee on Appropriations 23
	62	+	of the Senate; and 24
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	66	+	(ii) the Committee on Veterans’ Af-1
	67	+	fairs and the Committee on Appropriations 2
	68	+	of the House of Representatives. 3
52	69		(B) S
53		-	HORTFALL.—The term ‘‘shortfall’’, 10
54		-	with respect to a fiscal year, means that the 11
55		-	amount of appropriations required by the De-12
56		-	partment of Veterans Affairs for such fiscal 13
57		-	year to meet all of the statutory obligations of 14
58		-	the Department during that fiscal year exceeds 15
59		-	the amount of appropriations requested for the 16
60		-	Department for that fiscal year in the budget of 17
61		-	the President submitted pursuant to section 18
62		-	1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for 19
63		-	that fiscal year. 20
64		-	(c) L
65		-	IMITATIONS ONPROVISION OFINCENTIVES FOR 21
	70	+	HORTFALL.—The term ‘‘shortfall’’, 4
	71	+	with respect to a fiscal year, means that the 5
	72	+	amount of appropriations required by the De-6
	73	+	partment of Veterans Affairs for such fiscal 7
	74	+	year to meet all of the statutory obligations of 8
	75	+	the Department during that fiscal year exceeds 9
	76	+	the amount of appropriations requested for the 10
	77	+	Department for that fiscal year in the budget of 11
	78	+	the President submitted pursuant to section 12
	79	+	1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for 13
	80	+	that fiscal year. 14
	81	+	(b) L
	82	+	IMITATIONS ONPROVISION OFINCENTIVES FOR 15
66	83		C
67		-	RITICALSKILLS TOSENIOREXECUTIVESERVICEEM-22
68		-	PLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANSAFFAIRS.— 23
69		-	Section 706(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 24
70		-	by adding at the end the following: 25 4
71		-	†S 423 ES
72		-	‘‘(7)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B)(ii), a critical 1
73		-	skill incentive may not be provided under paragraph (1) 2
74		-	to an employee of the Department employed in a Senior 3
75		-	Executive Service position, or a position in another com-4
76		-	parable system for senior-level Government employees, as 5
77		-	defined by the Secretary, whose position is at the Central 6
78		-	Office of the Department, including the Veterans Health 7
79		-	Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, 8
80		-	and the National Cemetery Administration, regardless of 9
81		-	the actual location where the employee performs the func-10
82		-	tions of the position. 11
83		-	‘‘(B)(i) A critical skill incentive provided under para-12
84		-	graph (1) to an employee of the Department employed in 13
85		-	a Senior Executive Service position, or a position in an-14
86		-	other comparable system for senior-level Government em-15
87		-	ployees, as defined by the Secretary, not described in sub-16
88		-	paragraph (A) of this paragraph may only be provided— 17
89		-	‘‘(I) on an individual basis and may not be pro-18
90		-	vided to a group of such employees; and 19
91		-	‘‘(II) upon approval of the following officers or 20
92		-	those serving in an acting capacity: 21
93		-	‘‘(aa) The Under Secretary for Benefits, 22
94		-	the Under Secretary for Health, or the Under 23
95		-	Secretary for Memorial Affairs. 24 5
96		-	†S 423 ES
97		-	‘‘(bb) The Assistant Secretary for Human 1
98		-	Resources and Administration. 2
99		-	‘‘(cc) The Director of the Office of Man-3
100		-	agement or the Chief Financial Officer. 4
101		-	‘‘(dd) The Assistant Secretary for Ac-5
102		-	countability and Whistleblower Protection. 6
103		-	‘‘(ee) The General Counsel. 7
104		-	‘‘(ff) Such other officers as the Secretary 8
105		-	determines appropriate. 9
106		-	‘‘(ii) In the case of an employee of the Department 10
107		-	employed in a Senior Executive Service position, or a posi-11
108		-	tion in another comparable system for senior-level Govern-12
109		-	ment employees, as defined by the Secretary, whose posi-13
110		-	tion is primarily at the Central Office of the Department, 14
111		-	but who performs some portion of the employee’s job func-15
112		-	tion at other facilities of the Department, as defined by 16
113		-	the Secretary, not at Central Office— 17
114		-	‘‘(I) the employee shall not be considered de-18
115		-	scribed in subparagraph (A) with respect to the por-19
116		-	tion of the employee’s job function that is based out 20
117		-	of non-Central Office facilities of the Department; 21
118		-	and 22
119		-	‘‘(II) any critical skill incentive provided under 23
120		-	paragraph (1) to the employee for the portion of the 24
121		-	employee’s job function that is based out of facilities 25 6
122		-	†S 423 ES
123		-	of the Department other than the Central Office 1
124		-	shall be proportionate to the time spent at those De-2
125		-	partment facilities. 3
126		-	‘‘(C)(i) Not later than one year after the date of the 4
127		-	enactment of the Protecting Regular Order for Veterans 5
128		-	Act of 2025, and not less frequently than once each year 6
129		-	thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 7
130		-	on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 8
131		-	Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives an an-9
132		-	nual report on the employees of the Department employed 10
133		-	in a Senior Executive Service position, or a position in 11
134		-	another comparable system for senior-level Government 12
135		-	employees, as defined by the Secretary, who were provided 13
136		-	a critical skill incentive under paragraph (1). 14
137		-	‘‘(ii) Reports submitted pursuant to clause (i) may 15
138		-	be submitted by incorporating their contents into other 16
139		-	congressionally mandated reports to the committees de-17
140		-	scribed in such clause. 18
141		-	‘‘(D) In this paragraph, the term ‘Senior Executive 19
142		-	Service position’ has the meaning given such term in sec-20
143		-	tion 3132(a) of title 5.’’. 21
144		-	SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF VETERANS EXPERIENCE OF-22
145		-	FICE. 23
146		-	(a) S
147		-	HORTTITLE.—This section may be cited as the 24
148		-	‘‘Improving Veterans’ Experience Act of 2025’’. 25 7
149		-	†S 423 ES
150		-	(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 1
151		-	(1) I
152		-	N GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 38, United 2
153		-	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 3
154		-	following new section: 4
155		-	‘‘§ 325. Veterans experience office 5
156		-	‘‘(a) E
157		-	STABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 6
158		-	Department within the Office of the Secretary an office 7
159		-	to be known as the ‘Veterans Experience Office’ (in this 8
160		-	section referred to as the ‘Office’). 9
161		-	‘‘(b) H
162		-	EAD OFOFFICE.—(1) The head of the Office 10
163		-	shall be the Chief Veterans Experience Officer. 11
164		-	‘‘(2) The Chief Veterans Experience Officer shall— 12
165		-	‘‘(A) be appointed by the Secretary from among 13
166		-	individuals the Secretary considers qualified to per-14
167		-	form the duties of the position; 15
168		-	‘‘(B) report directly to the Secretary; and 16
169		-	‘‘(C) be responsible for carrying out the func-17
170		-	tions of the Office set forth under subsection (c). 18
171		-	‘‘(c) F
172		-	UNCTION.—The functions of the Office are as 19
173		-	follows: 20
174		-	‘‘(1) Carrying out the key customer experience 21
175		-	initiatives of the Department relating to veterans’ 22
176		-	and other beneficiaries’ satisfaction with and usage 23
177		-	of benefits and services furnished under laws admin-24
178		-	istered by the Secretary for which they are eligible, 25 8
179		-	†S 423 ES
180		-	including setting the strategy, framework, policy, 1
181		-	and other guidance for the Department relating to 2
182		-	customer experience, including ensuring the activi-3
183		-	ties of the Office and those of other organizations 4
184		-	and offices within the Department are coordinated 5
185		-	and not duplicative. 6
186		-	‘‘(2) Requiring the heads of other organizations 7
187		-	and offices within the Department to report regu-8
188		-	larly on customer experience metrics, action plans, 9
189		-	and other customer experience improvement efforts 10
190		-	to the Chief Veterans Experience Officer. 11
191		-	‘‘(3) Collecting veteran-derived data— 12
192		-	‘‘(A) to determine veteran and beneficiary 13
193		-	satisfaction with and usage of the benefits and 14
194		-	services furnished under laws administered by 15
195		-	the Secretary for which they are eligible; and 16
196		-	‘‘(B) to be considered during policymaking. 17
197		-	‘‘(4) Providing strategic guidance and strategies 18
198		-	to Department entities for engaging with veterans 19
199		-	and beneficiaries regarding benefits and services fur-20
200		-	nished under laws administered by the Secretary, in-21
201		-	cluding those not using such benefits and services. 22
202		-	‘‘(5) Assessing and advising the Secretary on 23
203		-	the accuracy and helpfulness of the websites and 24
204		-	other customer-facing information of the Depart-25 9
205		-	†S 423 ES
206		-	ment, be it available electronically or in any other 1
207		-	format. 2
208		-	‘‘(6) Assessing and advising the Secretary on 3
209		-	the status and opportunities for improvement of the 4
210		-	customer service efforts of the Department. 5
211		-	‘‘(d) R
212		-	EPORTS.—(1) Each year, the Chief Veterans 6
213		-	Experience Officer shall submit to the Secretary a sum-7
214		-	mary of the data received by the Chief Veterans Experi-8
215		-	ence Officer under subsection (c)(2). 9
216		-	‘‘(2) Each year, not later than 180 days after the 10
217		-	date on which the Secretary receives the summary under 11
218		-	paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to Congress an 12
219		-	annual summary and analysis of the matters summarized 13
220		-	pursuant to such paragraph. 14
221		-	‘‘(3) Each annual summary submitted pursuant to 15
222		-	paragraph (2) shall include the following: 16
223		-	‘‘(A) Data regarding customer service and expe-17
224		-	rience feedback, disaggregated by benefit or service 18
225		-	furnished under laws administered by the Secretary, 19
226		-	and relevant demographic data of the veterans and 20
227		-	beneficiaries providing the feedback. 21
228		-	‘‘(B) Data regarding veteran and beneficiary 22
229		-	satisfaction with and usage of benefits or services, 23
230		-	disaggregated by benefit or service furnished under 24
231		-	laws administered by the Secretary, and relevant de-25 10
232		-	†S 423 ES
233		-	mographic data of the veterans and beneficiaries 1
234		-	providing the feedback, including— 2
235		-	‘‘(i) potential reasons for not using the 3
236		-	benefits or services, such as— 4
237		-	‘‘(I) eligibility; 5
238		-	‘‘(II) lack of knowledge or awareness 6
239		-	of existence of benefit or service; 7
240		-	‘‘(III) barriers of technology, informa-8
241		-	tion, or time; and 9
242		-	‘‘(IV) other related reasons; and 10
243		-	‘‘(ii) an analysis of how such reasons may 11
244		-	be addressed. 12
245		-	‘‘(e) S
246		-	TAFF ANDRESOURCES.—(1) The Secretary 13
247		-	shall ensure that— 14
248		-	‘‘(A) the Office has such staff, resources, and 15
249		-	access to customer service and experience informa-16
250		-	tion as may be necessary to carry out the functions 17
251		-	of the Office; and 18
252		-	‘‘(B) any information provided to the Office 19
253		-	does not include personally identifiable information 20
254		-	of an individual veteran, survivor, dependent, or 21
255		-	other beneficiary unless such individual provides ap-22
256		-	propriate consent to allow such information to be 23
257		-	shared with the Office. 24 11
258		-	†S 423 ES
259		-	‘‘(2) Funds available for basic pay and other adminis-1
260		-	trative expenses of other Department organizations and 2
261		-	offices may be available to reimburse the Office for all 3
262		-	services provided at rates which will recover actual costs 4
263		-	for services provided to such organizations if the Secretary 5
264		-	determines that contributing to such costs will not under-6
265		-	mine the ability of any such organization or office to pro-7
266		-	vide services required by such office. 8
267		-	‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 9
268		-	authorize an increase in the number of full-time employees 10
269		-	otherwise authorized for the Department. 11
270		-	‘‘(f) P
271		-	RIVACY.—Nothing in this section shall be con-12
272		-	strued to authorize the Chief Veterans Experience Officer 13
273		-	to disclose any record in contravention of section 552a of 14
274		-	title 5 (commonly referred to as the ‘Privacy Act of 15
275		-	1974’). 16
276		-	‘‘(g) S
277		-	UNSET.—The requirements and authorities of 17
278		-	this section shall terminate on September 30, 2028.’’. 18
279		-	(2) C
280		-	LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of sec-19
281		-	tions at the beginning of chapter 3 of such title is 20
282		-	amended by adding at the end the following new 21
283		-	item: 22
284		-	‘‘325. Veterans Experience Office.’’.
285		-	(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 23
286		-	S
287		-	TATESREVIEW OFVETERANSEXPERIENCEOFFICE AND 24
288		-	C
289		-	USTOMERSERVICEIMPROVEMENT EFFORTS.—Not later 25 12
290		-	†S 423 ES
291		-	than 540 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 1
292		-	the Comptroller General of the United States shall— 2
293		-	(1) complete an analysis of the methodology, ef-3
294		-	fectiveness, and implementation of findings and 4
295		-	feedback of veterans and beneficiaries used by the 5
296		-	Department of Veterans Affairs, including the Vet-6
297		-	erans Experience Office, to improve veteran and 7
298		-	beneficiary customer experience and satisfaction, in-8
299		-	cluding through the use of what are known as 9
300		-	‘‘trust-scores’’, Veteran Signals also known as 10
301		-	‘‘VSignals’’, and related survey and data collection 11
302		-	activities, processes, and initiatives; and 12
303		-	(2) submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Af-13
304		-	fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ 14
305		-	Affairs of the House of Representatives a report set-15
306		-	ting forth the findings of the Comptroller General 16
307		-	with respect to the analysis completed pursuant to 17
308		-	paragraph (1). 18
309		-	Passed the Senate April 8, 2025.
310		-	Attest:
311		-	Secretary. 119
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319		-	S. 423
320		-	AN ACT
321		-	To protect regular order for budgeting for the De-
322		-	partment of Veterans Affairs, and for other pur-
323		-	poses.
	84	+	RITICALSKILLS TOSENIOREXECUTIVESERVICEEM-16
	85	+	PLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANSAFFAIRS.— 17
	86	+	Section 706(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 18
	87	+	by adding at the end the following: 19
	88	+	‘‘(7)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B)(ii), a critical 20
	89	+	skill incentive may not be provided under paragraph (1) 21
	90	+	to an employee of the Department employed in a Senior 22
	91	+	Executive Service position, or a position in another com-23
	92	+	parable system for senior-level Government employees, as 24
	93	+	defined by the Secretary, whose position is at the Central 25
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	97	+	Office of the Department, including the Veterans Health 1
	98	+	Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, 2
	99	+	and the National Cemetery Administration, regardless of 3
	100	+	the actual location where the employee performs the func-4
	101	+	tions of the position. 5
	102	+	‘‘(B)(i) A critical skill incentive provided under para-6
	103	+	graph (1) to an employee of the Department employed in 7
	104	+	a Senior Executive Service position, or a position in an-8
	105	+	other comparable system for senior-level Government em-9
	106	+	ployees, as defined by the Secretary, not described in sub-10
	107	+	paragraph (A) of this paragraph may only be provided— 11
	108	+	‘‘(I) on an individual basis and may not be pro-12
	109	+	vided to a group of such employees; and 13
	110	+	‘‘(II) upon approval of the following officers or 14
	111	+	those serving in an acting capacity: 15
	112	+	‘‘(aa) The Under Secretary for Benefits, 16
	113	+	the Under Secretary for Health, or the Under 17
	114	+	Secretary for Memorial Affairs. 18
	115	+	‘‘(bb) The Assistant Secretary for Human 19
	116	+	Resources and Administration. 20
	117	+	‘‘(cc) The Director of the Office of Man-21
	118	+	agement or the Chief Financial Officer. 22
	119	+	‘‘(dd) The Assistant Secretary for Ac-23
	120	+	countability and Whistleblower Protection. 24
	121	+	‘‘(ee) The General Counsel. 25
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	125	+	‘‘(ff) Such other officers as the Secretary 1
	126	+	determines appropriate. 2
	127	+	‘‘(ii) In the case of an employee of the Department 3
	128	+	employed in a Senior Executive Service position, or a posi-4
	129	+	tion in another comparable system for senior-level Govern-5
	130	+	ment employees, as defined by the Secretary, whose posi-6
	131	+	tion is primarily at the Central Office of the Department, 7
	132	+	but who performs some portion of the employee’s job func-8
	133	+	tion at other facilities of the Department, as defined by 9
	134	+	the Secretary, not at Central Office— 10
	135	+	‘‘(I) the employee shall not be considered de-11
	136	+	scribed in subparagraph (A) with respect to the por-12
	137	+	tion of the employee’s job function that is based out 13
	138	+	of non-Central Office facilities of the Department; 14
	139	+	and 15
	140	+	‘‘(II) any critical skill incentive provided under 16
	141	+	paragraph (1) to the employee for the portion of the 17
	142	+	employee’s job function that is based out of facilities 18
	143	+	of the Department other than the Central Office 19
	144	+	shall be proportionate to the time spent at those De-20
	145	+	partment facilities. 21
	146	+	‘‘(C)(i) Not later than one year after the date of the 22
	147	+	enactment of the Protecting Regular Order for Veterans 23
	148	+	Act of 2025, and not less frequently than once each year 24
	149	+	thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 25
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	153	+	on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 1
	154	+	Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives an an-2
	155	+	nual report on the employees of the Department employed 3
	156	+	in a Senior Executive Service position, or a position in 4
	157	+	another comparable system for senior-level Government 5
	158	+	employees, as defined by the Secretary, who were provided 6
	159	+	a critical skill incentive under paragraph (1). 7
	160	+	‘‘(ii) Reports submitted pursuant to clause (i) may 8
	161	+	be submitted by incorporating their contents into other 9
	162	+	congressionally mandated reports to the committees de-10
	163	+	scribed in such clause. 11
	164	+	‘‘(D) In this paragraph, the term ‘Senior Executive 12
	165	+	Service position’ has the meaning given such term in sec-13
	166	+	tion 3132(a) of title 5.’’. 14
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