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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 80 (Wednesday, May 16, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. REICHERT:H.R. 5853.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United StatesConstitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and generalWelfare of the United States.''[Page H4139]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act </b></p> <p>This bill requires state Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)&nbsp;programs to maintain policies preventing assistance under the TANF program from being used at an establishment that offers marijuana for sale.</p>]]></text>
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