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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 193 (Tuesday, November 28, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. SINEMA:H.R. 4462.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H9468]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Taking Responsibility by Accounting for Corruption and Excess Act or the TRACE Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit the federal government from reimbursing an entity for an activity carried out pursuant to a contract involving assistance under such Act that prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or the Government Accountability Office from reviewing any aspect of such contract.</p> <ul> </ul>]]></text>
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