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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 65 (Friday, April 3, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. CHABOT:H.R. 6436.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution:The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.[Page H1875]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Police and Fire Health Care Protection Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill revises provisions relating to distributions from the accident or health plans or qualified long-term care insurance contracts of retired public safety officers. Specifically, it eliminates the requirement that in order for plan distributions to be excludible from employee gross income, payment of plan premiums must be made directly to the plan providers. </p>]]></text>
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