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   &lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 83 (Thursday, May 13, 2021)][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. BURGESS:H.R. 3181.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 9, clause 7:No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but inConsequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regularStatement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of allpublic Money shall be published from time to time.[Page H2315]&lt;/pre&gt;
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     &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Health and Human Services Hiree Clarification Act&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This bill prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from using the authority under the Public Health Service Act to hire or pay the salary of officers or employees who are not already receiving pay under such authority. Currently, the EPA may use such authority to set higher pay limits for such employees or officers than those provided under typical civil service hiring authorities.&lt;/p&gt;
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2021-05-14
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
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Michael
Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
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2021-05-13
Introduced in House
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2021-11-29T20:54:16Z
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