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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 24, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:H.R. 2624.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H4569]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Military Child Educational Freedom Act </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax-exempt Coverdell education savings accounts, to permit members of the Armed Forces serving on extended active duty to use the accounts for certain education expenses incurred in connection with a home school that provides elementary or secondary education and is treated under state law as a home school or a private school. </p>]]></text>
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