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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 173 (Thursday, October 31, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mrs. MURPHY of Florida:H.R. 4943.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, which provides Congress with thepower to regulate commerce among the several states, thepower to promote the progress of science and the useful arts,and the power to make all laws necessary and proper forcarrying out the foregoing powers.[Page H8719]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Ensuring Linguistic Excellence and Vocational Aptitude by Teaching English Act or the ELEVATE Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes changes in the treatment of Puerto Rico with respect to allotments for English Language Acquisition grants, to allow students who have migrated from Puerto Rico to the states to be fully counted in the annual grant allocation that states receive under such program.</p>]]></text>
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