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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. FORBES:H.R. 773.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Sec. 8, Clauses 1, 12 and 13[Page H598]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 to: (1) lower the $1.2 trillion total deficit reduction goal for each of FY2013-FY2021 to $600 billion, (2) lower the FY2013 deficit reduction goal from $24 billion to $12 billion, and (3) eliminate the Department of Defense (DOD) function reduction entirely.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the Department of Defense from reduction under any order issued to carry out a sequestration pursuant to section 251A.</title>
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