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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 160 (Thursday, September 27, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BERA:H.R. 6935.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H9152]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Access to Professional Education and Lifelong Learning Act or Access to PELL Act</b></p> <p>This bill establishes a program under which the Department of Education must award job training Pell Grants to students in job training programs and increases student assistance for working students.</p>]]></text>
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