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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 153 (Thursday, September 13, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. McKINLEY:H.R. 6819.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of theConstitution: The Congress shall have power to enact thislegislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, andamong the several states, and with the Indian tribes.[Page H8727]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Healthy Employee Loss Prevention Act of 2018 or the HELP Act</b></p> <p>This bill establishes (1) a worker adjustment assistance program (including a Transition Adjustment Assistance Fund) to provide assistance and job retraining for workers who have lost their jobs due to unplanned closures of coal and coal dependent industries, and (2) a Critical Employment Advisory Commission.</p>]]></text>
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      <text>Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</text>
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