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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 22, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL:H.R. 7726.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution[Page H3694]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Mucarsel-Powell, Debbie [D-FL-26]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Ensuring Protection In Childcare Act or the EPIC Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes child care providers to use payments received through the Child Care and Development Fund for personal protective equipment, and other equipment, necessary to protect children in the provider's care and employees of the provider.</p>]]></text>
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        <title>To permit child care providers that receive payment for services provided under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to use a portion of such payment to purchase personal protective equipment, and other equipment, necessary to protect the health of participating children and child care workers.</title>
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