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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 170 (Monday, October 28, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. LYNCH:H.R. 4879.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Art. I, Section 8, Clause 18.[Page H8540]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Support Act</b></p> <p>This bill provides that an officer or employee of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency who is traveling on or conducting an accounting and recovery mission is exempt from furlough, including in the case of a government shutdown. </p>]]></text>
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