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    <introducedDate>2020-05-01</introducedDate>
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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 82 (Friday, May 1, 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 Texas:H.R. 6672.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Taxing and Spending Clause: Article 1, Section 8, clause1--provides Congress authority to, inter alia, enact spendinglegislation.Commerce Clause: Article 1, Section 8, clause 3--providesCongress with the power to regulate commerce with foreignnations and among the states, including the use of thechannels of interstate commerce, the instrumentalities ofinterstate commerce, or persons or things in interstatecommerce.Necessary and Proper Clause: Article 1, Section 8, clause18--allows Congress the power to make all laws that arenecessary and proper for executing its enumerated powers andall other powers vested by the Constitution in the U.S.Government.[Page H1973]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]</fullName>
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          <name>Business expenses</name>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill temporarily provides increased authority for appropriations to fund certain Small Business Administration commitments for loans, including loans made under the Paycheck Protection Program implemented in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). The authority provided by this bill ends 90 days after the date on which the COVID-19 emergency is no longer in effect. </p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend the CARES Act to increase the authority for commitments and appropriations for paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.</title>
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