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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 141 (Friday, August 6, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. TORRES of New York:H.R. 4980.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8.[Page H4321]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to ensure that any individual traveling on a flight that departs from or arrives to an airport inside the United States or a U.S. territory is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The TSA must also ensure that there is an exception to the requirement for an individual who is ineligible or medically unable to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that any individual traveling on a flight that departs from or arrives to an airport inside the United States or a territory of the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and for other purposes.</title>
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