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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 Ms. VELAZQUEZ:H.R. 6826.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the .. . general Welfare of the United States; . . .''[Page H8727]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Access to Sufficient Capital for Everyone in Natural Disaster areas Act of 2018 or the ASCEND Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill makes Small Business Administration loans available to small business concerns, homeowners, nonprofit entities, and renters located in an area where a major disaster was declared by reason of&nbsp;by Hurricane Harvey, Irma, or Maria. The bill also revises collateral requirements for disaster loans.</p>]]></text>
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