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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 125 (Tuesday, July 25, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:H.R. 3386.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to``provide for the common defense and general welfare of theUnited States.''[Page H6298]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Improving the Quality of Disability Decisions Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Social Security Administration (SSA) to conduct quality reviews of hearing decisions concerning Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits to ensure that administrative law judges are complying with the SSA's regulations.</p> <p>The SSA must report annually on these quality reviews.</p>]]></text>
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