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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. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico:H.R. 3979.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3[Page H8154]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill revises the applicable hourly minimum wage for the work-study allowance under Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs to the minimum wage to be the highest one under: </p> <ul> <li>the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, </li> <li> comparable law of the state in which the services are to be performed, or </li> <li>comparable law of the local government with jurisdiction over the area in which the services are to be performed.</li> </ul>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend title 38, United States Code, to include local government minimum wage requirements in determining the hourly minimum wage applicable for purposes of the work-study allowance under the educational assistance programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.</title>
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