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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 180 (Monday, November 6, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. WALKER:H.R. 4262.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.____________________[Page H8523]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Financial Independence for Disabled Veterans Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to prescribe regulations to permit continued participation in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) by a member of the uniformed services after such member's discharge or release from service if such individual is entitled to veterans disability compensation.</p> <p>For purposes of provisions regarding TSP contributions, such individual's monthly veterans disability compensation shall be deemed to be his or her basic pay for a monthly pay period, but such individual's contribution shall not require or authorize a matching government contribution.</p>]]></text>
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