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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 7, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:H.R. 2555.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H3475]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Never Forgotten Korean War POW Act</strong></p> <p>This bill provides for recognition of the entire period spent in a captured or missing-in-action status during the Korean War for purposes of receipt of combat pay.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Never Forgotten Korean War POW Act</title>
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        <title>To amend the Combat Duty Pay Act of 1952 to require that former members of the uniformed services who were captured or entered a missing-in-action status during the Korean War while serving as a member of a combat unit in Korea receive combat pay for each month spent in a captured or missing-in-action status, rather than just a total of four months.</title>
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