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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 202 (Tuesday, December 12, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. ROKITA:H.R. 4623.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted Congressunder Article I of the United States Constitution, includingthe power granted Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause18, of the United States Constitution.[Page H9845]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Cutting Useless and Redundant Bureaucrats (CURB) Act</b></p> <p>This bill specifies that if a law is enacted requiring an executive branch agency to consolidate or eliminate a program or project, then the agency must: (1) identify the number of agency full-time employees who worked on or administered the eliminated or consolidated program, (2) reduce its workforce by that number of full-time employees, and (3) report to Congress on the workforce reduction. </p>]]></text>
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