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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 10, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BACON:H.R. 4754.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 1 provides Congress with thepower to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts andExcises'' in order to ``provide for the . . . general Welfareof the United States.''[Page H132]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Change Order Transparency for Federal Contractors Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Small Business Act to require an agency, with respect to solicitations for the award of a construction contract anticipated to be awarded to a small business, to provide a notice to the prospective bidders and offerors along with the solicitation about the agency's: (1) policies or practices relating to the timely definitization of requests for an equitable adjustment, and (2) past performance in definitizing such requests.</p>]]></text>
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