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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. McKINLEY:H.R. 1722.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of theConstitution: The Congress shall have Power to make all Lawswhich shall be necessary and proper for carrying intoExecution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vestedby this Constitution in the Government of the United States,or in any Department or Officer thereof.[Page H2352]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Burdensome Paperwork Reduction for Our Miners Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Director of the Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Labor, to review forms for obtaining workers' compensation benefits under the Federal Black Lung Benefits Program to determine whether it is feasible to combine or reduce such forms in order to further the purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to implement any feasible combination or reduction of such forms.</p>]]></text>
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