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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 20, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. POLIQUIN:H.R. 2963.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among theseveral States, and with the Indian Tribes:'' as enumeratedin Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.[Page H4994]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]</fullName>
        <firstName>David</firstName>
        <lastName>Scott</lastName>
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        <state>GA</state>
        <district>13</district>
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          <name>Credit and credit markets</name>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to authorize Federal Home Loan Banks to make investments related to rural infrastructure development. Federal Home Loan Banks may purchase investment-grade securities from nonmember lenders that are organized as cooperatives, have received financing from the Federal Financing Bank, and have experience providing loans to cooperatives eligible to receive loans from the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to provide investment authority to support rural infrastructure development, and for other purposes.</title>
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        <title>To amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to provide investment authority to support rural infrastructure development, and for other purposes.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.</text>
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