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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 128 (Friday, July 28, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BRAT:H.R. 3529.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:``Article, I, Section 8, Clause 1 (The Congress shall havePower To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises,to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence andgeneral Welfare of the United States) of the United StatesConstitution.''[Page H6577]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>WIC Improvement Act </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to permit certain multivitamin dietary supplements to be purchased under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program. The bill applies to multivitamin dietary supplements that are: (1) labeled in accordance with specified federal regulations; and (2) increase the availability of low-cost, high nutrient alternatives for the population served by WIC. </p>]]></text>
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