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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 45 (Thursday, March 9, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:H.R. 1519.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section 1 of the U.S. ConstitutionThe single subject of this legislation is:Victims Compensation[Page H1251]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Compensation for the Victims of State Misrepresentations to the World Health Organization Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill revises an exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state to allow an action seeking money damages against a foreign state for personal injury, death, or other damage resulting from certain misrepresentations related to infectious disease made by the state to the World Health Organization.</p>]]></text>
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