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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 144 (Thursday, September 22, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania:H.R. 6120.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.[Page H5865]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Secondary Payer Advancement, Rationalization, and Clarification Act or the SPARC Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to specify recovery rules with respect to secondary claims responsibility under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Under current law, secondary payor provisions apply under the benefit in the same manner as they apply with respect to Medicare Advantage plans.</p>]]></text>
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