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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 105 (Monday, June 8, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BROWN of Maryland:H.R. 7126.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Necessary and Proper Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause18)[Page H2377]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Department of Defense Anti-Semitism and Racism Awareness Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to include in its surveys questions regarding whether respondents have ever (1) experienced or witnessed racist, anti-Semitic, or supremacist (or extremist as under current law) activity in the workplace; or (2) reported such activity. DOD must submit to Congress a report including (1) the text of the questions included in surveys, and (2) which surveys include such questions.</p>]]></text>
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