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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 26, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. JOHNSON of Texas:H.R. 3503.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution[Page H5202]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Passport Assistance for Disadvantaged Students Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Education to establish a pilot program to award grants to institutions of higher education for the purpose of providing certain students with U.S. passports. Specifically, such grants must (1) reimburse Pell Grant recipients enrolled in study abroad programs for the cost of obtaining passports, or (2) directly pay the cost of passports for such students.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Passport Assistance for Disadvantaged Students Act of 2019</title>
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