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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 13, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. COLLINS of New York:H.R. 1726.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, of the United StatesConstitution.[Page H2718]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill modifies federal bankruptcy law to allow an individual debtor to exempt from their bankruptcy estate one or more firearms up to a total maximum value of $3,000. The bill also specifies that such firearms are household goods that are not subject to liens in bankruptcy.</p>]]></text>
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