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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 10 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. CLOUD:H.R. 312.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 states that Congress hasthe power to ``make all Laws which shall be necessary andproper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, andall other Powers vested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United States or in any Department orOfficer thereof . . .''[Page H234]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Emergency Savings Accounts Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill allows an individual taxpayer occupying a residence a deduction from gross income for up to $5,000 of amounts paid into such taxpayer's emergency savings account. The bill defines <i>emergency savings account</i> as an account established exclusively to pay the qualified disaster and public health emergency expenses of the account beneficiary. </p> <p>The bill defines <i>qualified disaster and public health emergency expenses</i> as disaster mitigation expenses, disaster recovery expenses, public health emergency expenses, and unemployment-related expenses.</p>]]></text>
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        <title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide emergency savings accounts for individuals.</title>
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