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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BURGESS:H.R. 293.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Per Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution, Congress shallhave the power to lay and collect taxes. Per the Section 8,Clause 3 of the Constitution, Congress shall have the powerregulate Commerce with foreign Nations and among the severalStates.[Page H359]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends title XI (General Provisions, Peer Review, Administrative Simplification) of the Social Security Act to exempt from manufacturer transparency reporting to the Secretary of Health and Human Services any transfer of value to a covered recipient of: (1) peer-reviewed journals, journal reprints, journal supplements, conference reports, and medical textbooks that directly benefit patients or are intended for patient use; and (2) anything of value to a physician if it is intended solely to provide continuing medical education.</p>]]></text>
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