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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:H.R. 539.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionThe single subject of this legislation is:Educational opportunity for children of active-dutymilitary[Page H429]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Military Child Educational Freedom Act &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This bill modifies the requirements for tax-exempt Coverdell education savings accounts to permit members of the Armed Forces serving on extended active duty or their spouses to use the accounts for certain education expenses incurred in connection with a home school that provides elementary or secondary education. The home school must be treated under state law as a home school or a private school.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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        <title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand school choice opportunities for children of active duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States.</title>
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