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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<html><head><title>Congressional Record, Volume 164 Issue 195 (Tuesday, December 11, 2018)</title></head><body><pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 195 (Tuesday, December 11, 2018)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. SMITH of Missouri:H.R. 7253.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.</pre></body></html>[Page H10103]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Remove Extraneous Measures that Obstruct Value and Efficiency Act or the REMOVE Act</b></p> <p>This bill specifies factors that the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services must consider when&nbsp;(1) removing a quality measure from certain Medicare payment systems,&nbsp;or (2) selecting or updating quality measures to use under Medicare.</p>]]></text>
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