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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 60 (Thursday, April 6, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ:H.R. 1977.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution[Page H2790]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Veterans Priority Access to Reliable Care Act of 2017 or the Veterans PARC Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use a passenger carrier to transport an individual employed at a VA medical facility between a parking facility and the medical facility.</p>]]></text>
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