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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 54 (Wednesday, April 15, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. POE of Texas:H.R. 1803.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1[Page H2269]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Veterans Back to Work Act of 2015</strong> </p> <p> Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for hiring qualified veterans (veterans receiving compensation for a service-connected disability and other federal assistance), and (2) allow employers who hire qualified veterans an exemption from employment and railroad retirement taxes for such veterans' first-year wages. Appropriates amounts to the Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to cover any revenue loss to such Funds resulting from this Act. </p>]]></text>
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