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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 62 (Monday, April 12, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. NEWMAN:H.R. 2449.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 1 of the United States Constitution[Page H1727]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill waives through September 30, 2021, the requirement that any recipient of assistance under the Women's Business Center program obtain matching funds from nonfederal sources. Currently, this waiver expires on June 30, 2021.</p> <p>The Women's Business Center program authorizes the Small Business Administration to provide assistance to private, nonprofit organizations to carry out projects for the benefit of small businesses that are owned and controlled by women.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend the CARES Act to extend the waiver of matching funds requirement under the women's business center program.</title>
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