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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 4, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. SANCHEZ:H.R. 7942.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8[Page H4219]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text>Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Public Health Emergency COBRA Extension Act</b><br> <br> This bill addresses the availability of health coverage through the COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) program during, and in the year following, the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.</p>]]></text>
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        <title>To provide the option to extend COBRA continuation coverage through the last day of the 1-year period succeeding the COVID-19 emergency period, and for other purposes.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</text>
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