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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 24, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. MENG:H.R. 3949.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8.[Page H7378]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.</text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Safe Drinking Water in Playgrounds and Parks Act </b></p> <p>This bill expands an existing grant program that provides assistance to local education agencies for replacing school drinking water fountains that were manufactured prior to 1988 to include such drinking water fountains located in playgrounds and parks owned or administered by schools. Additionally, the Environmental Protection Agency must establish a grant program to provide assistance to states and municipalities for the replacement of drinking water fountains that were manufactured prior to 1988 and are located in playgrounds or parks owned by states or municipalities. </p>]]></text>
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