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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. GIBSON:H.R. 1639.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clauses 1 and 3 of Section 8 of Article 1[Page H2160]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to provide grants, in addition to loans and loan guarantees, for the costs of construction, improvement, and acquisition of facilities and equipment for broadband service in rural areas.</p> <p>Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make a grant to an entity for a project with respect to which a loan or loan guarantee is also made.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and for other purposes.</title>
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        <title>To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and for other purposes.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.</text>
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