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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 15, 2025)][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. STEUBE:H.R. 459.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H187]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Securing Taxpayer Assistance during Natural Disasters Act or the STAND Act&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This bill prohibits the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development from obligating or expending federal funds for bilateral, multilateral, or humanitarian non-defense foreign assistance within the first 60 days following a presidentially declared major disaster. The prohibition may be waived if a joint resolution of Congress providing for such a waiver is enacted into law.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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