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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 63 (Friday, April 12, 2024)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. VAN ORDEN:H.R. 7971.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 3The single subject of this legislation is:To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct theSecretary of Veterans Affairs to provide timely equitablerelief to an individual who suffers a loss based on anadministrative error by the Secretary, and for otherpurposes.[Page H2367]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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