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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 87 (Friday, May 8, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:H.R. 6795.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . .. general Welfare of the United States; . . .[Page H1987]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill prohibits a confession of judgment or similar agreement as a condition to a loan or extension of credit of $2 million or less during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period and for 120 days following. (A confession of judgment is an agreement to a judgment of liability without notice and opportunity to be heard in court in the event of the default of a borrower.) </p>]]></text>
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    <title>To prohibit confessions of judgment in connection with the extension of covered credit or creation of covered debt, and for other purposes.</title>
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