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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 176 (Tuesday, November 5, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BACON:H.R. 4982.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution,which provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commercewith foreign nations, and among the several states, and withthe Indian tribes.''[Page H8729]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill extends targeted liability protection to certain manufacturers, distributors, prescribers, and users of approved respiratory protective devices that are used under certain conditions during a declared public health emergency.</p>]]></text>
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