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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 59 (Wednesday, April 5, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana:H.R. 1941.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 4U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 11-16U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 18[Page H2755]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill exempts from the nonimmigrant H-2B visa (temporary nonagricultural services) annual numerical limitation for a fiscal year a returning worker who has already been counted toward such limitation during any of the preceding three fiscal years. </p> </p>]]></text>
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