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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 53 (Thursday, March 29, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. ADAMS:H.R. 5416.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution:The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniformthroughout the United States;To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among theseveral States, and with the Indian Tribes;[Page H3052]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Women Small Business Growth Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a loan forgiveness program for a women borrower who owns a small business that has been owned and controlled by women for at least three consecutive years. </p>]]></text>
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