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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 21, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. SANCHEZ:H.R. 2879.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H4065]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Working Families Relief Act </b></p> <p>This bill increases and expands tax incentives for employer-provided dependent care assistance programs. </p> <p>The bill increases the limit on the amount excludible from the gross income of an employee for employer-provided dependent care assistance and requires annual inflation adjustments to such increased limit after 2020.</p> <p>The bill also allows tax credits for (1) small employer dependent care assistance program start-up costs, and (2) employer matching contributions for dependent care assistance programs. </p>]]></text>
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