United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make the limitation on cover over of tax on distilled spirits inapplicable to articles brought into the United States after September 16, 1989, and before September 17, 1992; and (2) apply the tax credit for investments in a possession to investments in projects relating to the repair or replacement of property damaged by Hurricane Hugo. Amends the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 to provide a temporary waiver of reimbursement by the Virgin Islands of customs collection costs. Authorizes the use of surplus amounts in the account of Puerto Rico in the Unemployment Trust Fund for: (1) projects relating to the repair or replacement of property damaged by Hugo; and (2) public service employment related to disaster reconstruction in areas in which private sector employment and training opportunities have been reduced or eliminated as a result of Hugo.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1989
Small Business Rehabilitation Relief Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for small businesses for the expense of providing accessibility to the disabled.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1989
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Laurance Spelman Rockefeller in recognition of his leadership on behalf of natural resource conservation and historic preservation. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1989
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should vote in support of increasing the international minimum age for combat to 17 years of age in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1989
Benjamin Franklin Memorial Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Title I: Minting of Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin - Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin Act - Provides for the sale of Benjamin Franklin commemorative coins at a surcharge of which 25 percent shall be paid to the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial and the remainder be distributed in specified percentages to the National Fire Center and Museum Account, the National Hero Scholarship Account, the Firefighter's Tuition Assistance Account, the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account, the In Search of Excellence Research and Education Account, and the Burn Research Grant Account of the Firefighter Assistance Trust Fund (Fund). Prohibits the issuance of such coins from resulting in any net cost to the Federal government. Title II: Fire Service Bill of Rights - Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to establish a fire service bill of rights. Establishes the National Fire Center and Museum in the District of Columbia to provide information about the fire service and safety to the public and fire services. Funds such museum exclusively through the Fund. Establishes a National Hero Scholarship to fund the higher education of the children or spouse of a deceased firefighter. Establishes a scholarship providing tuition assistance to firefighters for higher education in fire safety or protection. Authorizes the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to use amounts in the In Search of Excellence Research and Education Account of the Fund to fund other specified programs under the Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. Establishes the Firefighters Assistance Trust Fund. Places the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control within the United States Fire Administration. Directs the Administrator to use funds from the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account of the fund to procure computer equipment for fire services that want such equipment. Directs the Administrator to make a grant from the Burn Research Grant Account of the Fund to one national firefighter's burn foundation dedicated to reducing burn injuries. Requires the Administrator to prepare and make available to State fire marshals, upon request, a manual describing Federal procedures for disposing of surplus property and highlighting how fire services could obtain such property. Directs the Administrator to distribute to such marshals information on the infectious diseases to which firefighters are particularly vulnerable.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1989
Family Resource Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Office of Human Development Services, to establish, through grant or contract, a national center to serve as a source of information, training, technical assistance, and material development for family resource and support programs for parent and child development. Directs the Secretary to provide for independent evaluation of such programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1989
Disaster Relief Employment Assistance Act of 1989 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to provide emergency disaster relief employment assistance for the reconstruction of areas affected by natural disasters.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1989
Social Security Solvency Protection Act of 1989 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require that when legislation increases OASDI benefits in excess of a specified amount there be a corresponding increase in social security taxes and when legislation decreases such taxes in excess of a specified amount there be a corresponding decrease in OASDI benefits. Requires an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the members of the Senate before legislation breaching such requirements may be considered. Requires the Board of Trustees of the OASDI trust funds to annually report to the Congress on the actuarial balance of such funds.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1989
Small Business Access Improvement Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for small businesses for the expense of providing public accommodations access to the disabled. Reduces the tax deduction for expenditures to remove architectural and transportation barriers to the handicapped and elderly.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1989
Declares it is in the interests of the United States to support efforts to protect South Pacific marine resources (including albacore tuna, porpoises, whales, seals and other marine mammals, birds, sea turtles, and fish) from the slaughter of driftnet fishing. Supports the Tarawa Declaration and the South Pacific Commission resolution calling for an immediate ban on driftnet fishing in the South Pacific. Urges the Secretary of State to work toward an international convention banning driftnet fishing in the South Pacific. Urges Japan and Taiwan to immediately cease the use of driftnets in international South Pacific waters.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1989
Approves the location of a commemorative work to honor women who served in the armed forces of the United States in Vietnam during the Vietnam era on certain Federal land in the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1989
Amends the Peace Corps Act to require the Director of the Peace Corps to drape a flag over the casket of a deceased Peace Corps volunteer or former volunteer. Requires such flag to be given to such individual's next-of-kin or, if no claim is made by the next-of-kin, to a close friend or associate. Prohibits a flag from being given to any other person if a flag is given to a friend or associate.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1989
Incarcerated Veterans Rehabilitation and Readjustment Act of 1989 - Title I: Incarcerated Veteran Assessment and Assistance - Directs the Attorney General to identify those individuals who may be veterans among those: (1) entering Federal prisons; and (2) who are incarcerated in such prisons and who are to remain incarcerated for more than 30 days. Requires the Attorney General to transmit to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs the names and locations of such prisoners. Directs the Secretary to inform such prisoners of their ability to have their veteran status determined and to inform those prisoners determined to be veterans of their rights to veterans' benefits and services as affected by their incarceration. Outlines other information to be provided. Requires the Secretary to suspend all debt collection activities being undertaken against any such prisoner for the entire period of incarceration and six months thereafter. Requires such debt collection suspension for both Federal and State or local inmates. Title II: Incarcerated Veteran Rehabilitation Counseling - Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide readjustment counseling services to those incarcerated veterans suffering from mental and psychological disorders stemming from their military service; (2) safeguard such veterans' possibility of being adjudicated as having service-connected disabilities to the same extent as non-incarcerated veterans; (3) designate an employee from a regional office of the Department of Veterans Affairs to act as a liaison between each Federal prison and the Department for such veterans; (4) review physical examinations of such veterans to determine whether they are eligible for benefits under the Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act; and (5) ensure that the designated Department liaison provides liaison services between families of incarcerated veterans and Federal prisons. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) conduct physical examinations, with the incarcerated veterans' consent, for the purpose of aiding in the determination of eligibility for exposure benefits under such Act; (2) transmit such examination results to the Secretary; (3) inform the Secretary of an incarcerated veteran's impending release; and (4) encourage the organization of self-help groups and other similar programs that may contribute to the rehabilitation of incarcerated veterans. Title III: Readjustment Counseling Education - Directs the Secretary to develop a training curriculum, to be available to individuals, organizations, agencies, and health facilities, for assisting relevant professionals employed by the Bureau of Prisons in acquiring the expertise necessary to diagnose and treat psychiatric disabilities peculiar to veterans. Title IV: Post-Incarceration Readjustment Services - Requires the Secretary, upon receiving the names of those veterans about to be released from incarceration, to inform such veterans of readjustment benefits and services available to them. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate a disabled veterans' outreach program specialist in each State where a Federal prison is located to serve as liaison between such program and such prison. Directs the Chairman of the United States Parole Commission to: (1) integrate the services available from the readjustment counseling program of the Department into the Federal parole program for released veterans; and (2) encourage Federal parole officers to encourage paroled veterans to make use of vet centers and maintain contact with vet center personnel. Title V: State and Local Outreach Assistance - Directs the Secretary and Assistant Secretary, within six months after enactment of this Act, to implement a program to extend the benefits of this Act to State and local penal institutions with respect to veterans incarcerated in such institutions. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Directs the Attorney General, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary, and the Chairman of the U.S. Parole Commission to report annually to the Congress on their activities in implementing this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1989
South African Financial Sanctions Act of 1989 - Amends the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 to expand the scope of definitions of "loan" and "United States national." Defines "depository institution" and "exit loan" for purposes of such Act. Prohibits U.S. nationals from holding any exit loan after 1992. Amends the Bretton Woods Agreement Act to require the President to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund to vote against the use of Fund credit for any country practicing apartheid. Amends the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 to prohibit U.S. depository institutions from: (1) accepting or holding deposit accounts from South African depository institutions; or (2) providing correspondent banking services to such institutions. Prohibits disqualified depository institutions from being designated as depositaries or fiscal agents for Federal agencies within six months after this Act's enactment. Terminates designations of such institutions made before this Act's enactment at the end of such six-month period. Prohibits Federal agencies from obtaining any service from such institutions after such period. Provides for the termination or modification of certain provisions under the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 if the Government of South Africa: (1) ends the state of emergency and all forms of political repression; (2) withdraws all military personnel from black townships; (3) frees all political prisoners unconditionally and permits exiles to return to South Africa; (4) permits former prisoners and exiles to participate in political activities without harassment or restrictions; (5) repeals bans or restrictions on political parties or organizations and allows such entities to function freely; and (6) commits to enter into negotiations with respect to, and demonstrates progress toward, achieving a nonracial, democratic form of government. Provides for the repeal of such provisions by joint resolution if such conditions are met.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1989
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Senate should expeditiously give its advice and consent to ratification of the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances; and (2) the President should ratify such Convention as soon as possible after the Senate gives its advice and consent.
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1989
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) instruct the U.S. Executive Director of each multilateral development bank to vote to give preference for debt reduction loans to those countries which show marked improvement in reducing the volume of cultivation, processing, trafficking, and export to the United States of illegal drugs; and (2) include in the detailed accounting required by the International Narcotics Control Act of 1986 a discussion of the steps taken to achieve the goals of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1989
Mental Health Professional Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a Mental Health Professionals Scholarship Program. Requires an individual, in order to be eligible for the Program, to be accepted for enrollment or enrolled as a full-time student at a qualifying accredited school in a course of post-baccalaureate education or training that is approved by the Secretary and that leads toward completion of a degree in psychiatric nursing, psychology, social work, or psychiatry. Provides a full scholarship for qualifying individuals. Requires each participant receiving such a scholarship to provide service in the clinical practice of such participant's profession as a full-time employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs for a period of 18 months for each academic year for which a scholarship is provided. Authorizes the participant to complete one-half of such required service in a public health facility located in an economically depressed area. Establishes the liability to the United States of a participant who fails to meet the required period of service on a pro rata basis.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1989
AIDS Opportunity Housing Act - Title I: Grants for AIDS Housing Information and Coordination Services - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to eligible organizations and agencies for AIDS housing information and for expanding housing assistance for persons with AIDS. Provides for recipient confidentiality. Authorizes FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations. Title II: AIDS Short-Term Supported Housing and Services Demonstration - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to authorize the Secretary to make grants for programs to prevent homelessness among persons with AIDS and to provide them with short-term supported housing and related services. Provides for minority outreach. Authorizes FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations. Title III: Permanent and Transitional Housing and Services - Increases FY 1990 and 1991 budget authority for housing assistance to persons with AIDS under the United States Housing Act of 1937 section eight certificate (including shared housing) and moderate rehabilitation for single room occupancy programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States and metropolitan areas for community residences and services for persons with AIDS. Authorizes FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations. States that a person with AIDS or its related conditions shall be considered handicapped for purposes of Department of Housing and Urban Development assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1989
Requires the U.S. Government to exhaust all reasonable possibilities to obtain proof of the death of a missing person in order to establish a reasonable presumption that a member of the armed forces in a missing status is dead. Requires the head of the Federal agency concerned to provide certain procedural rights to the primary next of kin of a missing person when an action is to be undertaken by such agency to review the status of such missing person, including the right to review all information obtained by such agency with regard to the missing person's status. Directs the Secretary of Defense to study and report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees on current provisions of the Missing Persons Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1989
Provides for a payment to each veteran of World War II. Specifies that the amount of any payment made under this Act shall be equal to the total amount appropriated to carry out this Act divided by the number of veterans eligible to receive such payment.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that in determining the allocation of foreign assistance the Department of State should: (1) weigh heavily the persecution, torture, and execution of innocent Somalis by the armed forces of Siad Barre; and (2) insist upon significant improvements in human rights as a precondition to the resumption of foreign assistance to Somalia.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1989
Federal Housing Administration Safety and Soundness Act of 1989 - Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish within the Department of Housing and Urban Development: (1) a division of Mortgage Supervision within the Federal Housing Administration; and (2) a Director of Mortgagee Supervision. Amends the National Housing Act with regard to: (1) minimum mortgagor payments; and (2) limitations on principal mortgage obligations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1989
Centralized Certification of Socially and Economically Disadvantaged and Women Owned Business Enterprises Act of 1989 - Mandates that any entity seeking certification as a socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprise or as a women owned business enterprise in order to participate in any federally funded program must submit a request for such certification to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. Provides that such certification shall be the only one required under any such program. Directs the Administrator to promulgate certification standards. Declares that the community property laws of a jurisdiction shall not apply with respect to such certification.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1989
Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to repeal an exemption from specified communicable disease control requirements of the Public Health Service Act for waste disposal from railroads operating in intercity rail passenger service.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1989
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should require the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Bases: (1) to submit by November 1, 1989, a list of military installations in the United States that possess the potential for use as prison facilities; (2) to actively assist States and localities with logistical and financial guidance on the utilization of military bases as prison facilities; and (3) to work with the Department of Defense, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the General Services Administration, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse to assist States and localities in obtaining Federal land and facilities for use as prison facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that in recognition of several significant steps that Angola has taken toward peace, national reconciliation, and economic reform it is in the interest of the United States to take steps to normalize relations with the Government of Angola, including: (1) establishing a U.S. liaison office in Luanda; (2) supporting Angola's full participation in multilateral development institutions; and (3) providing humanitarian assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1989
Health Facilities Protection and Primate Center Rehabilitation Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish certain protections for health facilities receiving financial assistance under such Act. Prohibits anyone from releasing from a facility any animal held for research and from destroying records of the facility. Imposes criminal penalties for violations and allows private civil actions to redress violations. Authorizes the Director of the National Institutes of Health, with respect to activities to support regional centers for research on primates, to reserve, for FY 1990 and 1991, certain amounts for the purpose of making grants to improve such regional centers.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1989
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in any case in which there has been either a disallowance of a veterans benefits claim or a partially awarded claim, to provide to the claimant a written statement setting forth notice of procedural rights of the claimant and the rationale for the disallowance. Requires that such statement: (1) be provided at each procedural stage relating to the disposition of a claim; (2) include a summary of the evidence supporting the disallowance or the partial award; (3) be in such forms as the Secretary prescribes by regulation; (4) include a description of each subsequent procedural stage before the Department of Veterans Affairs; (5) include a description of all rights of the claimant expressly provided for in the veterans' benefits code, the claimant's right to a hearing, to reconsideration, to appeal, and to representation, and any specific procedures necessary to obtain the various forms of review available for consideration of the claim; and (6) include such other information as the Secretary determines would be useful and practical to assist the claimant in obtaining full consideration of the claim. Adds parallel requirements with respect to the Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1989
Bounty Hunter Act of 1989 - Amends the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 to increase the maximum reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction under Federal law of any individual for the unlawful sale, or possession for sale, of a controlled substance or a controlled substance analogue. Provides for the payment of incentive rewards to States to encourage the establishment of programs to pay similar rewards for violations of State laws.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1989
Assault Weapon Crime Act of 1989 - Provides for enhanced penalties for the possession or use of certain semiautomatic center fire firearms with ammunition clip capacity of eight or more rounds or pump action or semiautomatic short-barrelled shotguns during a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1989
Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to establish a program of scholarship assistance for students from Poland and Hungary to study in the United States. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States to help provide such scholarship assistance for undergraduate and training programs in study areas related to the critical developmental needs of such students' respective countries. Provides for private sector participation in such program. Provides for forgiveness of such scholarship assistance if the student recipient promptly returns to his or her respective country for a certain period. Requires that funding for such program be derived from funds available to carry out specified provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 relating to the economic support fund.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1989
Commercial Airline Engine Safety Monitoring Systems Act of 1989 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations requiring the installation of engine condition monitoring systems on commercial aircraft. Requires such regulations to establish minimum standards for such systems. Specifies performance data such monitoring systems must record for each engine.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1989
Requires the Director of the United States Information Agency to make available to the Archivist of the United States a copy of the film entitled A Tribute to Mickey Leland . Archivist to deposit the film in the National Archives and to make copies of it available for domestic purchase and viewing upon the securing of, and payment for, U.S. rights and licenses by the person seeking its release.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1989
Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act of 1989 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make it unlawful to disrupt or damage a farm animal facility, its animals, or property. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act. Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate such offenses. Grants U.S. district courts jurisdiction in such cases. Provides for a private right of action.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1989
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that Medicare coverage denial notices provided to nonparticipating physicians and their patients include an explanation of such denial.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1989
Authorizes to be appropriated for FY 1990, in addition to sums already authorized, a certain amount to the National Cancer Institute for breast cancer research other than research which involves treatment or clinical trials.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1989
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide reduced rates of interest under the Guaranteed Student Loan (Stafford Loan) program to individuals who enter the teaching profession.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1989
Directs the Secretary of Education to make a grant to Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi, to establish the Margaret Walker Alexander National African-American Research Center on its campus in recognition of, and to commemorate, the literary contributions of Margaret Walker Alexander. Requires the application for the grant to contain provisions to ensure that the Center will serve as a national center for the study, research, and teaching of African-American literature and history and as a repository for papers and memorabilia relating to the lives of individuals noted for their work in African-American literature and history. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1989
Designates October 27, 1989, as National Hostage Awareness Day in recognition of the 42d birthday of Terry Anderson and his fifth year in captivity. States that efforts should be made to have such date declared International Hostage Day by the United Nations. States that all Federal and international agencies should increase efforts to secure the release of the remaining hostages in Lebanon. Calls for prayer on such date for the release of all U.S. and foreign hostages in Lebanon.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1989
Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act of 1989 - Title I: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Minorities - Subtitle A: Programs for Minorities Generally - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to provide for the establishment of an Office of Minority Health. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants and contracts for research, training, education, epidemiological studies, and data collection with respect to the prevention and control among minority groups of diseases or other adverse health conditions. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to administer provisions of the PHSA in cooperation with specified types of individuals, agencies, and organizations. Directs the Secretary to make grants or contracts for new and innovative programs in health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care, specifically targeted at improving the health status of disadvantaged minorities. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Programs for American Samoa - Directs the Secretary to make grants or contracts for health promotion and disease prevention services for American Samoans living in the continental United States and the State of Hawaii. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Disadvantaged Minorities in Health Professions - Subtitle A: Health Professions Generally - Requires that the Federal capital contribution and the school contribution to a student loan fund under existing provisions be used only for making loans to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to health professions schools for scholarships to full-time students who are members of underrepresented minority groups and are from disadvantaged backgrounds. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a loan repayment program to assure an adequate supply of health professionals who are members of underrepresented minority groups and from disadvantaged backgrounds. Requires that loan recipients agree to accept a full-time faculty appointment at certain schools for at least two years. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Nursing - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools of nursing for scholarships for full-time students who are members of underrepresented minority groups and from disadvantaged backgrounds. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a loan repayment program for full-time students in their final year of study who are members of underrepresented minority groups and from disadvantaged backgrounds. Requires that loan recipients agree to accept a full-time faculty appointment at certain schools for at least two years. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Coordination of Federal Expenditures for Health Programs of Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands - Directs the Secretary to establish the Pacific Basin Health Services Council to monitor the need for health services and health professions development in the Pacific Basin and to establish priorities for the expenditure of public health funds in the Pacific Basin. Defines Pacific Basin to mean the federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. Requires the Council to give first priority in expending funds to continuing a specified medical officer training program. Authorizes appropriations.
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