Cooper Evans
Republican · IO-3 · House of Representatives
45 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (113)
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Introduced 1982-08-17 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1981-10-22 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1981-10-22 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1981-10-27 · Amendment Withdrawn in Committee of the Whole.
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Introduced 1981-10-21 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
HR 7450 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the normalization rules of the investment tax credit shall apply to natural gas pipelines without regard to the additional restriction imposed where there is a Federal determination that natural gas is in short supply.
Introduced 1982-12-20 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 7209 — Soil and Water Conservation Incentives Act of 1982
Introduced 1982-09-29 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Agriculture and FoodHR 7228 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for a 2-year period an additional 15 percent investment tax credit for certain construction and agricultural equipment manufactured in the United States.
Introduced 1982-09-30 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 7208 — Fragile Agricultural Lands Act of 1982
Introduced 1982-09-29 · Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development.
Agriculture and FoodHR 7027 — A bill to suspend the duty on sulfapyridine until the close of December 31, 1985.
Introduced 1982-08-19 · Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 7028 — A bill to lower the rate of duty on sulfathiazole until the close of December 31, 1985.
Introduced 1982-08-19 · Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 6941 — A bill to provide for a national pseudorabies eradication program.
Introduced 1982-08-05 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
AnimalsHR 6959 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude from the Federal estate tax 50 percent of the value of farmland having no significant degradation of agricultural productivity in each of the 5 years ending before the date of the decedent's death.
Introduced 1982-08-10 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 6665 — A bill to amend section 20 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act, to require that imported meat which is capable of use as human food be labeled at all stages of distribution until preparation for ultimate consumption.
Introduced 1982-06-23 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 6629 — A bill to provide import relief in the form of domestic content requirements for foreign manufactured articles, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1982-06-17 · Referred to Subcommittee on Rules of the House.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 6642 — A bill to provide that lands set-aside or diverted must lie within contiguous counties.
Introduced 1982-06-21 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 6452 — Federal Crop Insurance Act Amendments of 1982
Introduced 1982-05-20 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 6463 — A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1970, to prohibit restrictions on the export of certain agricultural commodities.
Introduced 1982-05-21 · Referred to Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5864 — A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to prohibit private insurance agents and brokers from selling Federal crop insurance unless they are licensed under applicable State law.
Introduced 1982-03-17 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5814 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt from income tax interest on certain loans used to purchase soil conservation tillage equipment, and to provide additional tax incentives with respect to such equipment.
Introduced 1982-03-11 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 5760 — Senior Citizens Environmental Employment Act of 1982
Introduced 1982-03-09 · Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Labor and EmploymentHR 5724 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt from income tax interest on certain loans used to construct soil conservation terraces and to acquire and install certain drainage equipment to be used in connection with such terraces, and to provide additional tax incentives with respect to such equipment.
Introduced 1982-03-04 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 5706 — Agricultural Export Credit Assessment Act
Introduced 1982-03-03 · Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 5489 — A bill to amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Act to promote the exchange of materials produced abroad and needed in the United States for agricultural commodities produced in and exported from the United States through normal commercial trade channels.
Introduced 1982-02-09 · Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5517 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to deny the deduction for interest on indebtedness incurred to acquire corporations if the President determines that use of debt for corporate acquisitions should be discouraged.
Introduced 1982-02-10 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
TaxationHR 5518 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to prohibit the granting of tax-exempt status to organizations maintaining schools with racially discriminatory policies.
Introduced 1982-02-10 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 4941 — A bill incentive to discourage price support loan defaults.
Introduced 1981-11-12 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4890 — A bill to suspend the duty on sulfaguanadine, sulfapyridine, and sulfathiazole.
Introduced 1981-11-04 · Executive Comment Received From Commerce.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 4510 — A bill to amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to provide for the extension of credit for agricultural commodities.
Introduced 1981-09-17 · Referred to Subcommittee on International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 4232 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that cost-share payments not used primarily to provide a significant increase in agricultural productivity shall be excluded from gross income.
Introduced 1981-07-22 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 4191 — A bill to provide for the orderly disposal of certain agricultural commodities acquired by the Department of Agriculture in 1980; to establish an Agricultural Export Revolving Fund to be financed by the proceeds from that disposal; to authorize funds; and for other purposes.
Introduced 1981-07-17 · Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 3985 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to make the investment credit for railroad property refundable.
Introduced 1981-06-22 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 3987 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to encourage the rehabilitation of railroad track.
Introduced 1981-06-22 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 3986 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the interest on certain obligations issued to finance the acquisition or rehabilitation of railroad facilities shall be exempt from Federal income tax.
Introduced 1981-06-22 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 3738 — A bill for the relief of Delbert E. Lawless.
Introduced 1981-05-28 · Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 3671 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to authorize the President to exempt from interest income, certain residential mortgages purchased from Federal and State chartered savings and loan institutions.
Introduced 1981-05-21 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 3647 — A bill to provide that suspension of agricultural exports must be approved by concurrent resolution of both Houses of Congress.
Introduced 1981-05-20 · Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3604 — A bill to provide for the adjustment of interest rates on rural telephone bank loans.
Introduced 1981-05-18 · Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3610 — A bill for the relief of Adel Shervin.
Introduced 1981-05-18 · Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 3514 — A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize the Secretary to reduce interest charges on Commodity Credit Corporation Loans in order to decrease the rate of default.
Introduced 1981-05-08 · Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3214 — A bill to limit the size of loans made by the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Introduced 1981-04-10 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3069 — A bill to provide that under any set-aside or diversion program for agricultural commodities, lands set-aside or diverted must be selected, in part, on the basis of the contribution such set-aside or diversion will make to soil conservation.
Introduced 1981-04-07 · For Further Action See H.R.3603.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3068 — A bill to amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to provide the additional financial assistance to producers who remove cropland from production in order to install conservation measures.
Introduced 1981-04-07 · For Further Action See H.R.3603.
Agriculture and FoodHR 2906 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to clarify the valuation, for estate tax purposes, of farm and other real property when such property is rented by a member of a decedent's family and for other purposes.
Introduced 1981-03-30 · See H.R.4242.
TaxationHR 2832 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a more equitable formula for payments by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to States for the cost of care provided in State nursing homes to veterans eligible for such care in Veterans' Administration facilities.
Introduced 1981-03-25 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 2831 — A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to exempt vehicles transporting livestock on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways from certain weight limitations.
Introduced 1981-03-25 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From OMB.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 2495 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the imputed interest rate used for purposes of allocating income and deductions between related taxpayers shall be the same as the interest rate used in determining the amount of interest on certain deferred payments.
Introduced 1981-03-12 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Finance and Financial SectorHR 2515 — Soil and Water Conservation Incentives Act of 1981
Introduced 1981-03-13 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 2520 — A bill for the relief of Emanuel F. Lenkersdorf.
Introduced 1981-03-13 · Became Private Law No: 97-47.
Private LegislationHCONRES 42 — A concurrent resolution commending the Americans held hostage by the Iranian government and the personnel who took part in the attempt to rescue them.
Introduced 1981-01-28 · Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.
International AffairsHR 6415 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to clarify the conditions under which scholarship and fellowship grants will be excluded from gross income.
Introduced 1984-10-05 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 5979 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to deny the deduction for interest on indebtedness incurred to acquire corporations if the President determines that use of debt for corporate acquisitions should be discouraged.
Introduced 1984-06-29 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 5837 — A bill to stabilize farm credit, provide financial assistance to certain borrowers who participate in agricultural commodity programs for meeting increases in real estate mortgage loan payments resulting from increases in interest rates, to help protect farmland values, to reduce surplus commodity production and promote conservation, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1984-06-13 · Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5080 — A bill to designate the Veterans' Administration Medical Center in Iowa City, Iowa, as the "Darwin Lee Judge Veterans' Administration Medical Center".
Introduced 1984-03-08 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 5079 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the minimum active-duty service requirements for entitlement to veterans' benefits.
Introduced 1984-03-08 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 4973 — Food Aid and Export Market Promotion Act
Introduced 1984-02-29 · Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4755 — A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949, to clarify the rules for determining an acreage base for a farm for the 1984 feed grains acreage reduction program.
Introduced 1984-02-06 · Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4323 — Agricultural Compliance Clarification Act of 1983
Introduced 1983-11-07 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4109 — Strategic Materials Collateral Corporation Charter Act
Introduced 1983-10-06 · Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
CommerceHR 3991 — Barter Promotion Act of 1983
Introduced 1983-09-27 · Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3341 — Soil and Water Conservation Incentives Act of 1983
Introduced 1983-06-16 · See H.R.4170.
TaxationHR 3295 — Surplus Dairy Products Exchange Act of 1983
Introduced 1983-06-14 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From USDA.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3049 — Federal Crop Insurance Act Amendments of 1983
Introduced 1983-05-18 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Agriculture and FoodHR 2958 — A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to reimburse producers for the cost of applying approved conservation practices to acreage diverted under an acreage limitation program for the 1982 through 1985 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, rice, and soybeans.
Introduced 1983-05-10 · Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains.
Agriculture and FoodHR 2922 — A bill to suspend the duty on sulfanilamide until the close of December 31, 1986.
Introduced 1983-05-05 · Executive Comment Received From Commerce.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 2925 — A bill to suspend the duty on sulfathiazole until the close of December 31, 1986.
Introduced 1983-05-05 · Executive Comment Received From Commerce.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 2924 — A bill to suspend the duty on sulfamethazine until the close of December 31, 1986.
Introduced 1983-05-05 · Executive Comment Received From Commerce.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 2923 — A bill to suspend the duty on sulfaguanidine until the close of December 31, 1986.
Introduced 1983-05-05 · Executive Comment Received From Commerce.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 2921 — A bill to suspend the duty on sulfaquinoxaline until the close of December 31, 1986.
Introduced 1983-05-05 · Executive Comment Received From Commerce.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 2428 — A bill to amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Act to promote the exchange of material produced abroad and needed in the United States for agricultural commodities produced in and exported from the United States through normal commercial trade channels.
Introduced 1983-04-07 · Referred to Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and Critical Materials.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 2321 — A bill to amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act regarding the export of certain agricultural commodities.
Introduced 1983-03-24 · Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Agriculture and FoodHR 2322 — A bill to amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act regarding the export of agricultural commodities, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1983-03-24 · Referred to Subcommittee on Merchant Marine.
Agriculture and FoodHR 1728 — Environmental Programs Assistance Act of 1983
Introduced 1983-03-01 · Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Environmental ProtectionHR 1287 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the tax treatment of agricultural commodities received under a payment-in-kind program.
Introduced 1983-02-07 · See H.R.1296.
Agriculture and FoodHR 570 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the normalization rules of the investment tax credit shall apply to natural gas pipelines without regard to the additional restriction imposed where there is a Federal determination that natural gas is in short supply.
Introduced 1983-01-06 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 569 — Senior Citizens Environmental Employment Act
Introduced 1983-01-06 · Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Labor and EmploymentHR 568 — Fragile Agricultural Lands Act of 1982
Introduced 1983-01-06 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Agriculture and FoodHJRES 190 — A joint resolution to designate Wednesday, April 20, 1983, as "National Teachers Day".
Introduced 1983-03-09 · Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Labor and EmploymentHR 5403 — A bill to amend the Grain Standards Act of 1916 to establish the policy of providing grain of high quality to both domestic and foreign buyers, and to better define the purpose of Official United States Standards for Grain.
Introduced 1986-08-12 · See H.R.5407.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4984 — Farm Credit Enhancement Act of 1986
Introduced 1986-06-11 · Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4944 — A bill to amend the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to provide for the issuance of bonds that can be redeemed upon call by the Farm Credit System or its fiscal agent.
Introduced 1986-06-05 · Executive Comment Received From USDA.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4853 — Farm Mortgage Guarantee Act of 1986
Introduced 1986-05-20 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From USDA.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4714 — Grain Quality Improvement Act of 1986
Introduced 1986-04-30 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4605 — A bill to amend the Grain Standards Act of 1916 to provide for authority of the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service to refuse to certify export cargos under certain circumstances and for other purposes.
Introduced 1986-04-16 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4139 — A bill to amend the United States Grain Standards Act of 1916 to improve the accuracy of reporting the condition or quality of grain.
Introduced 1986-02-06 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3944 — A bill to amend the Grain Standards Act of 1916 to provide for a quality variation statement on all official grade certificates, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1985-12-16 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3955 — A bill to amend title VII of the United States Code to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to pay a bonus in the form of of commodities under certain circumstances for grain destined for export, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1985-12-16 · Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3812 — A bill to amend the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to limit the separate sale by the Farm Credit System of mineral rights in certain land.
Introduced 1985-11-21 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Farm Credit Admin.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3811 — Farm Credit Borrower Protection Act of 1985
Introduced 1985-11-21 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Farm Credit Admin.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3719 — A bill to extend the patent numbered 3,408,747 for a period of 10 years.
Introduced 1985-11-08 · Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 3620 — Farm Credit Debt Restructuring Act of 1985
Introduced 1985-10-24 · See H.R. 3792.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3674 — A bill to amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that, in the case of participants meeting certain minimum requirements as of the date of termination of the plan, early retirement pension benefits under the plan shall be guaranteed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and shall commence no later than as specified in applicable plan provisions.
Introduced 1985-11-01 · Referred to Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
Labor and EmploymentHR 3618 — A bill to amend the Farm Credit Act of 1971 with respect to obligations of the farm credit system.
Introduced 1985-10-24 · See H.R. 3792.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3619 — Foreclosed Asset Reserve and Management Act of 1985
Introduced 1985-10-24 · See H.R. 3792.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3557 — Agricultural Conservation Easement Act of 1985
Introduced 1985-10-10 · Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3561 — Farm Credit Bond Repurchase Act of 1985
Introduced 1985-10-11 · Executive Comment Received From Farm Credit Admin.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3231 — Farm Credit Bond Guarantee Act of 1985
Introduced 1985-09-04 · See H.R. 3792.
Agriculture and FoodHR 2961 — Farm Credit System Review Commission Act of 1985
Introduced 1985-07-10 · See H.R. 3792.
Agriculture and FoodHR 2901 — A bill to amend Section 4.26 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to authorize the Governor to provide capital worth certificates as partial payment for the purchase of foreclosed farmland or mortgages on farmland.
Introduced 1985-06-27 · See H.R. 3792.
Agriculture and FoodHR 2899 — A bill to amend Title IV of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to allow the Governor to reduce temporarily the capital requirements of a bank or association.
Introduced 1985-06-27 · See H.R. 3792.
Agriculture and FoodHR 2821 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize various means to reduce the costs to the Government of commodity programs.
Introduced 1985-06-20 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Agriculture and FoodHR 2609 — Farm Credit System Central Reserve Act of 1985
Introduced 1985-05-23 · See H.R.3792.
Agriculture and FoodHR 2332 — A bill to suspend for 3 years the duty on P-sulfobenzoic acid, potassium salt.
Introduced 1985-05-02 · See H.R.4800.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 2333 — A bill to suspend for 3 years the duty on 3.5 dinitro-o-toluamide.
Introduced 1985-05-02 · See H.R.4800.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 2359 — Agricultural Export Reserve Act of 1985
Introduced 1985-05-06 · Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Agriculture and FoodHR 2228 — A bill to extend for 3 years the existing suspension of duty on sulfapyridine.
Introduced 1985-04-25 · See H.R.4800.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 1994 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to clarify the conditions under which scholarship and fellowship grants will be excluded from gross income.
Introduced 1985-04-04 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 1939 — Merchant Marine Support and Equity Act of 1985
Introduced 1985-04-03 · Referred to Subcommittee on Merchant Marine.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 1464 — A bill to amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act regarding the export of agricultural commodities, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1985-03-07 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 1465 — A bill to amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act regarding the export of agricultural commodities, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1985-03-07 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 1466 — A bill to amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act regarding the export of certain agricultural commodities.
Introduced 1985-03-07 · Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 1463 — Farm Credit Administration Act of 1985
Introduced 1985-03-07 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Agriculture and FoodHR 506 — A bill relating to alternative minimum tax relief for certain insolvent taxpayers.
Introduced 1985-01-07 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
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