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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 160 (Thursday, October 5, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. DelBENE:H.R. 3963.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8.[Page H7888]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Manufacturing Jobs for Veterans Act</b></p> <p> This bill directs the Department of Labor, as part of the Veteran's Workforce Investment Program, to carry out a five-year Veterans Manufacturing Employment Program to award competitive grants to three states for the establishment and administration of a State Manufacturing Employment Program to make grants to manufacturing employers and labor-management organizations that provide training, on-job training, apprenticeships, and certification classes to eligible veterans.</p>]]></text>
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