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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 54 (Thursday, March 28, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BOST:H.R. 1962.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1[Page H2918]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Cunningham, Joe [D-SC-1]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Department of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety Enhancements Act or the VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to install and operate an on-site regulated medical waste treatment system at each VA facility that would benefit from such a system's cost savings. In order to identify which VA facilities would benefit, the VA must develop a uniform regulated medical waste cost analysis model to determine the cost savings associated with the use of an on-site regulated medical waste treatment system.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act</title>
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