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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 90 (Friday, June 1, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. GOTTHEIMER:H.R. 5993.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 7, Clause 2 (Implicitly allows Congressto amend any bill that has been passed by both chambers andsigned into law by the President)Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (``To regulate Commerce withforeign Nations, and among the several States, and with theIndian Tribes'');Article I, 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 in anyDepartment or Officer thereof'').[Page H4738]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Fixing Housing Access Act of 2018 </b></p> <p>This bill modifies provisions concerning civil actions under the False Claims Act and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 related to certain housing programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Agriculture. </p>]]></text>
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