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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania:H.R. 238.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution under theGeneral Welfare Clause.[Page H123]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Katherine's Lung Cancer Early Detection and Survival Act of 2021</b><br> <br> This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover, without cost sharing, screenings for the detection of lung cancer for individuals 40 years of age and older without regard to such individual's smoking history.</p>]]></text>
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