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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 126 (Thursday, July 26, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. NORMAN:H.R. 6613.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H7727]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Funds In Legal Evaluation Act of 2018 or the FILE Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits an entity from receiving a federal family planning grant unless the Department of Health and Human Services determines that the entity did not, during the previous two fiscal years, use any such funds for abortions. </p>]]></text>
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        <title>To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to condition receipt of grants and contracts under such title on compliance with abortion prohibition.</title>
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