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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 77 (Thursday, April 23, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. GREEN of Tennessee:H.R. 6598.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 8[Page H1957]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Secure Our Systems Against China's Tactics Act or the SOS ACT Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to temporarily guarantee up to 50% of an investment made during the public health emergency declared due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) in a business that (1) incurred losses due to COVID-19, (2) advances a national security interest, and (3) is susceptible to being purchased by a Chinese entity. </p>]]></text>
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      <text>Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</text>
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