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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 175 (Tuesday, October 30, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Miss RICE of New York:H.R. 7111.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.[Page H9460]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Transparent Disaster Relief Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to: (1) require recipients of federal assistance for a major disaster or emergency to sign a statement, as a condition of such assistance, that acknowledges the requirements relating to duplication of benefits under such Act. It also amends the Small Business Act to require notification to recipients of disaster assistance that they may decline to accept a loan, including for any reason relating to eligibility for other federal assistance.</p>]]></text>
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