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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 213 (Wednesday, December 16, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER:H.R. 8981.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section 8 Clause 1, Article I Section 8 Clause 3,Article I Section 8 Clause 18[Page H7228]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act</b></p> <p>This bill expressly prohibits health care providers and other entities involved in matching donated organs with recipients from denying access to an organ transplant solely on the basis of an individual's disability.</p>]]></text>
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