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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 65 (Monday, April 15, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. ESHOO:H.R. 2323.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1[Page H3271]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Spousal Membership for Veterans Organizations Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill allows certain veterans organizations, for which there is no auxiliary unit or society, to take into account members who are spouses, widows, or widowers of past or present members of the Armed Forces to determine whether the organization meets the membership requirements for tax-exempt status. </p>]]></text>
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