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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 131 (Friday, July 24, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mrs. BUSTOS:H.R. 7769.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the UnitedStates Constitution.[Page H3859]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Retaining Educators Takes Added Investment Now Act or the RETAIN Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows a refundable tax credit for the employment of early childhood educators, teachers, early childhood education program directors, school leaders, and school-based mental health services providers that is based upon the number of school years for which such individuals have been continuously employed.</p>]]></text>
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