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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 7, 2019)][House][Pages H3475-H3476]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. 2556.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:[[Page H3476]]Article 1, Section 8</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Disabled Veterans Red Tape Reduction Act</strong></p> <p>This bill reauthorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide for medical disability evaluations by contract physicians who are not VA employees.</p>]]></text>
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