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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 7, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. NORTON:H.R. 4972.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.[Page H975]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Protecting Independent Contractors from Discrimination Act of 2018</strong></p> <p>This bill requires that independent contractors be treated as employees under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008. </p>]]></text>
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