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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 Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER:H.R. 4987.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H8729]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Fire Department Proper Response and Equipment Prioritization Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to prioritize grants that provide for planning, training, and equipment to firefighters for crude oil-by-rail and ethanol-by-rail derailment and incident response, in making grants to fire departments, nonaffiliated emergency medical services organizations, and state fire training academies.</p>]]></text>
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