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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 146 (Friday, August 14, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:H.R. 8064.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . .. general Welfare of the United States; . . .[Page H4238]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Mobilizing Restaurants in America Act of 2020 </b></p> <p>This bill revises the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to authorize the use of SNAP benefits to purchase meals for immediate consumption and frozen prepacked meals at approved retail food stores and restaurants during a major disaster or emergency declaration.</p>]]></text>
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        <title>To authorize retail food stores and restaurants approved under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide meals for immediate consumption, and frozen prepacked meals, to recipients of benefits provided under such Act.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.</text>
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