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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. McCAUL:H.R. 1270.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This legislation is authorized by the United StatesConstitution under Article I, Section 8, ``Congress shallhave the power . . . To define and punish piracies andfelonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against thelaw of nations;''[Page H2108]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Directs the Secretary of State to designate as a foreign terrorist organization each of the following: (1) the Arellano Feliz Organization, (2) the Los Zetas Cartel, (3) the Beltran Leyva Organization, (4) La Familia Michoacana, (5) the Sinaloa Cartel, and (6) the Gulf Cartel/New Federation.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To direct the Secretary of State to designate as foreign terrorist organizations certain Mexican drug cartels, and for other purposes.</title>
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        <title>To direct the Secretary of State to designate as foreign terrorist organizations certain Mexican drug cartels, and for other purposes.</title>
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        <title>To direct the Secretary of State to designate as foreign terrorist organizations certain Mexican drug cartels, and for other purposes.</title>
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