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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 174 (Wednesday, December 2, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. HIGGINS:H.R. 4159.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18[Page H8971]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Access to Military Service Records Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill limits to the cost of mailing the fee that the National Archives and Records Administration may charge a veteran (or, if such individual is deceased, the individual's next of kin or immediate family) who requests his or her military service record.</p>]]></text>
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