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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 22 (Monday, February 5, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. RUSH:H.R. 4933.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall havePower To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises,to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense andgeneral Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Impostsand Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: ``To make all Laws whichshall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforegoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by thisConstitution in the Government of the United States, or inany Department or Officer thereof''Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7: ``No Money shall be drawnfrom the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations madeby Law. . .''[Page H784]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Fair TPS Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits funds or resources from being used to implement any of the policy changes set forth in specified notices terminating temporary protected status for individuals from Nicaragua (effective January 5, 2019), Haiti (effective July 22, 2019), and El Salvador (effective September 9, 2019).</p>]]></text>
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