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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 58 (Wednesday, April 3, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. PETERSON:H.R. 2072.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Atiicle 1, Section 8:The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common Defense and general Welfare of the United States;but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniformthroughout the United States.[Page H3069]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Volunteer Driver Tax Appreciation Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill increases the standard mileage rate for the tax deduction for the charitable use of a passenger automobile. The bill increases the rate from the standard charitable rate of 14 cents per mile to the standard business mileage rate (58 cents per mile for 2019). </p>]]></text>
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