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+NWChem Version 7.3.1 Release Notes
+==================================
+
+NWChem is now available on Github at
+https://github.com/nwchemgit/nwchem
+
+User Manual available from the NWChem website
+https://nwchemgit.github.io
+
+NWChem 7.3.1 is released as open-source under the ECL 2.0 license.
+
+NWChem 7.3.1 will be released with the latest Global Arrays Toolkit (v5.9.2).
+
+The  7.3.1 release is a maintenance release containing fixes/enhancements for the NWChem 7.3.0 tree
+
+The change log below is relative to the [7.3.0](release.notes.7.3.0.md) code base.
+
+NEW FUNCTIONALITY
+-----
+
+   N/A  
+
+GITHUB ISSUES ADDRESSED
+----
+   * [water_pme QA test fails: Illegal input to pfft3d](https://github.com/nwchemgit/nwchem/issues/1196)
+