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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 41 (Thursday, March 7, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. PORTER:H.R. 1623.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 4 and Article 1, Section 8[Page H2586]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Help America Run Act</strong></p> <p>This bill allows an authorized committee of a candidate who is not a federal officeholder to pay for certain personal use services, including child care and health insurance, if the services are necessary to enable the candidate to participate in campaign-connected activities. The amount such a committee may pay a candidate as salary is reduced by the amount paid for personal services.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Help America Run Act</strong></p> <p>This bill allows certain personal use services to be considered as campaign committee expenditures, including child care, elder care, and health insurance, if the services are necessary to enable a candidate to participate in campaign-connected activities. The candidate may not be a current federal officeholder. The amount a committee may pay a candidate as salary is reduced by the amount paid for child care and elder care.</p>]]></text>
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