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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 30, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. TAYLOR:H.R. 8444.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 8,Clause 18 of the United States Constitution[Page H5105]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Taylor, Van [R-TX-3]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Vital Standardization of Thoughtful Administrative Techniques and Statistics Act of 2020 or the Vital STATS Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Medicine to study coordination and standardization of vital-statistics reporting and data sharing between federal, state, and local agencies.</p>]]></text>
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