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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2021)][House][Pages H251-H252]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. LIEU:H.R. 561.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[[Page H252]]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Reopen Small Businesses Safely Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Small Business Administration to issue rules or guidance to ensure that an economic injury disaster loan recipient may use loan amounts for covered worker protection expenditures related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.</p>]]></text>
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