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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 8, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. MEADOWS:H.R. 338.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 states ``The Congress shallhave Power To . . . make all Laws which shall be necessaryand proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers,and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in theGovernment of the United States, or in any Department ofOfficer thereof.''[Page H287]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Essential Employees Pay Certainty Act</b></p> <p>This bill creates a new Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) withdrawal option for certain federal employees during the lapse in appropriations beginning on or around December 22, 2018.</p> <p>Specifically, an excepted employee (i.e., an employee who continues to work during the lapse in appropriations) may make a TSP withdrawal without penalty. </p>]]></text>
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