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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 29, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. WITTMAN:H.R. 857.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates[Page H1284]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Inaction Has Consequences Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the salaries of Members of Congress to be held in escrow if their chamber has not passed each of the annual appropriations bills before the beginning of the fiscal year, beginning with FY2020. Salaries are released once the bills are passed or at the end of the Congress.</p>]]></text>
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