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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 165 (Thursday, November 5, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. ISSA:H.R. 3971.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 Clause 1The Congress shall have Power to the United StatesConstitution which empowers Congress to lay and collectTaxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts andprovide for the common defense and general Welfare of theUnited States.[Page H8154]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Support Earned Recognition for Veterans Act or the SERV Act </strong></p> <p>Excludes from the definitions of &quot;active duty,&quot; &quot;active duty for training,&quot; and &quot;inactive duty training,&quot; for veteran benefit or employment preference purposes, any service performed at a preparatory school of a service academy by a student who is not otherwise a member of the Armed Forces.</p>]]></text>
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        <title>To amend titles 5 and 38, United States Code, to clarify the veteran status of an individual based on the attendance of the individual at a preparatory school of a service academy, and for other purposes.</title>
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