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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. OWENS:H.R. 815.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Sections 7 and 8, of the UnitedStates Constitution.[Page H628]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-21]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income increased-wage exempt-dividends distributed to an individual by a corporation or a partnership which is a small business concern (as defined by the Small Business Act). Defines &quot;increased-wage exempt-dividends&quot; as dividends paid by a small business concern that do not exceed the increase in wages paid by the small business concern over wages paid in the preceding taxable year.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make certain dividends and distributions paid to individuals from certain small businesses exempt from tax to the extent of the increased wages of the small business.</title>
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