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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 51 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. FITZPATRICK:H.R. 1694.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18[Page H2113]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2015</b></p> <p> This bill amends the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) to revise the requirement that 10% of the award of contracts for federal-aid highway, federal public transportation, and highway safety research and development programs be set-aside for small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. This set-aside must include veteran-owned small businesses.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p><b>Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2015</b></p> <p> (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) to revise the requirement that 10% of the award of contracts for federal-aid highway, federal public transportation, and highway safety research and development programs be set-aside for small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. This set-aside must include veteran-owned small businesses.</p>]]></text>
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