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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. BIGGS:H.R. 6601.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H1957]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill requires a specific jury instruction in civil actions in federal court that include a claim alleging negligence arising from the transmission of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and a request for damages. Specifically,&nbsp;a court must instruct&nbsp;the jury that negligence may not be found solely on the basis of holding oneself open for business. </p>]]></text>
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    <title>To require a particular jury instruction in Federal civil actions that include a claim for damages based on negligence arising from the transmission of COVID-19.</title>
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