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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 184 (Monday, November 18, 2019)][House][Pages H8958-H8959]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. BARRAGAN:H.R. 5134.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:[[Page H8959]]Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Military Care Package Program Act</strong></p> <p>This bill provides for free postage for a military care package mailed by a family member to a member of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation and addressed to a postal facility located at an Armed Forces installation. </p> <p> The Department of Defense shall reimburse the U.S. Postal Service for carrying out this bill.</p>]]></text>
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