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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 27, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mrs. DINGELL:H.R. 6243.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority on which this bill rests isthe power of Congress to make rules for the government andregulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated inArticle I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United StatesConstitution.[Page H5816]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Leave No Americans Behind Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to eliminate the requirement that Department of State evacuation loans to private U.S. citizens or third-country nationals facing war, civil unrest, or natural disasters be reimbursable.</p>]]></text>
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