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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 200 (Thursday, December 7, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. MENG:H.R. 4598.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution.[Page H9757]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill directs the Small Business Administration to make every effort to use multiple languages when informing the public about information related to the availability of additional disaster assistance in the event of a declared major disaster.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend the Small Business Act to require public communications about disaster assistance resources to be made in multiple languages.</title>
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        <title>To amend the Small Business Act to require public communications about disaster assistance resources to be made in multiple languages.</title>
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