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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 187 (Thursday, November 21, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. GROTHMAN:H.R. 5235.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution of the UnitedStates.[Page H9170]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.</text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill revises provisions related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to require states to include a photograph of one or more members of a household on electronic benefit cards that are issued to provide program benefits.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require States to include a photograph on electronic benefit cards issued to provide supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.</title>
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