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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 179 (Tuesday, October 20, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mrs. WALORSKI:H.R. 8649.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.[Page H5700]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Joshua John Comeau First Responder Cancer Benefit Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill creates a presumption that a public safety officer who was exposed to a known carcinogen while working and who dies from a cancer related to that exposure on or after January 1, 2018, is eligible for certain benefits payable to public safety officers injured or killed in the line of duty.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Joshua John Comeau First Responder Cancer Benefit Act of 2020</title>
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