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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 64 (Friday, April 12, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico:H.R. 2308.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Congress has the power to enact this legislationpursuant to Article I, Section 1, and Section 8, Clause 18 ofthe U.S. Constitution, which provide as follows:``All Legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested ina Congress of the United States, which shall consist of aSenate and House of Representatives''-- AndCongress shall have the power . . . ``To make all lawswhich shall be necessary and proper for carrying intoExecution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vestedby this Constitution in the Government of the United States,or in any Department or Officer thereof.''[Page H3265]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill expands the Department of Veterans Affairs medical education pilot program, which currently provides funding for the medical education of two eligible veterans at each of the nine covered medical schools. The bill adds five schools to the list of covered medical schools, increasing the number of veterans covered from 18 to 28.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend the VA MISSION Act of 2018 to expand the veterans healing veterans medical access and scholarship program to include more students and schools.</title>
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