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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 1, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. SAN NICOLAS:H.R. 2437.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article IV, Section 3,Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H3405]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>IDEA Parity for Outlying Areas Act</b></p> <p>This bill modifies funding for special education in Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia, including by&nbsp;eliminating certain limits on such funding&nbsp;and establishing minimum funding levels.</p>]]></text>
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