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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. KELLY:H.R. 5915.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3[Page H3661]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Research Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to extend certain employee exemptions from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements to marketing research participants and mystery shoppers.</p> <p>Defines &quot;mystery shopper&quot; as any individual meeting certain requirements who is engaged to measure or evaluate a customer's experience, or some aspect of it, either at a defined location, or while using or purporting to use a specified product or service.</p>]]></text>
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