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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 154 (Monday, September 17, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. RICE of South Carolina:H.R. 6842.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. The Congress shall havepower to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises,to pay the debts and provide for the common defense andgeneral welfare of the United States; but all duties, impostsand excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.____________________[Page H8732]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Disaster Certainty Act</b></p> <p> This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to delay several tax-related deadlines by 60 days for residents of areas in which the governor has requested a federal disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. </p>]]></text>
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