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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 80 (Friday, May 22, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. NORCROSS:H.R. 2573.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 and Article I, Section 8,Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution.[Page H3574]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and dependents of veterans buried in any cemetery in the United States if the spouses and dependents died on or after November 11, 1998.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones and markers for the graves of dependents of veterans buried in county, private, or other cemeteries.</title>
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