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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. JACKSON LEE:H.R. 56.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the UnitedStates Constitution.[Page H48]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong></strong></p> <p></s></p> <p> <p><b>America Realizing the Informational Skills and Initiative of New Graduates Act of 2017 or America RISING Act of 2017</b> <p>This bill directs the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services to jointly establish a grant program to defray the costs paid by: (1) employers to compensate recent college graduates; and (2) recent college graduates to enroll in postsecondary education courses in mathematics, science, engineering, or technology.]]></text>
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