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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 171 (Thursday, November 19, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. MENG:H.R. 4115.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates of America.[Page H8413]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Locality-based Social Security Benefits Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Social Security Administration to increase the monthly benefit amount to which each individual is otherwise entitled under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act by the percentage determined by the President for the locality pay area in which the individual resides at the time of the increase.</p>]]></text>
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