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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. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:H.R. 7261.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to``provide for the common defense and general welfare of theUnited States.''</pre></body></html>[Page H10103]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Social Security Benefit Payments Choice Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill allows a&nbsp;recipient of monthly Old Age,&nbsp;Survivors,&nbsp;and Disability Insurance benefits,&nbsp;unless the&nbsp;recipient is&nbsp;concurrently entitled to Supplemental Security Income benefits, to choose the day of the month upon which to receive such benefits. <br /></p> <p><br /></p>]]></text>
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