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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. JONES:H.R. 2385.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution which statesthat ``Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes'',and the 16th Amendment to the Constitution which states that``Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes onincome''.[Page H4576]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Seniors Emergency Hardship Relief Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude a qualified senior distribution from gross income for income tax purposes. Defines a &quot;qualified senior distribution&quot; as any distribution to an individual from a tax-exempt retirement plan if such individual is at least age 65 at the time of the distribution and the distribution does not exceed the lesser of $10,000 or an amount equal to the sum of necessary repairs to the taxpayer's principal residence, medical care not compensated for by insurance, and expenses incurred in a disaster area in which the taxpayer's principal residence is located.</p>]]></text>
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