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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. KILMER:H.R. 1643.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall havePower to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises,to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence andgeneral Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Impostsand Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Article I, Section 8, Clause 14: To make Rules for theGovernment and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.[Page H2160]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Employee Hardship Financial Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit federal employees who are furloughed due to sequestration to make penalty-free distributions from their Thrift Savings Account Fund but only to the extent that such distributions do not exceed the aggregate reduction in compensation of such employees resulting from such furlough.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Employee Hardship Financial Relief Act of 2013</title>
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