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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 126 (Thursday, July 16, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. SCANLON:H.R. 7655.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section VIII.[Page H3091]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>COVID-19 Student Loan Relief Act (CSLRA) of 2020 </b></p> <p>This bill allows student loan debt to be discharged in bankruptcy if (1) the debtor's income has declined by a specified amount during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak or as a result of the outbreak, or (2) the primary income earner of the debtor's family died or became seriously disabled as a result of COVID-19. </p>]]></text>
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    <title>COVID-19 Student Loan Relief Act (CSLRA) of 2020</title>
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