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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 171 (Tuesday, October 29, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. VAN DREW:H.R. 4912.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H8595]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [D-NJ-2]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Nation Owes Community Lifelines After Weathering Sandy Act or the NO CLAWS Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from taking action to recoup federal disaster and emergency assistance from an individual or a household unless there is evidence of fraud.</p>]]></text>
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