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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. ROGERS of Michigan:H.R. 1497.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1Section 8Clause 13:To provide and maintain a Navy[Page H2605]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Hochul, Kathleen C. [D-NY-26]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to take all necessary steps to: (1) exhume the remains of 13 deceased U.S. sailors buried in or near Protestant Cemetery and Tripoli Castle in Tripoli, Libya; (2) transfer such remains for laboratory identification; (3) in the case of identified remains, transport such remains to a veterans cemetery located near the closest living family member of the deceased (or to another cemetery, as determined by the Secretary); (4) in the case of identified remains, provide a military funeral and burial; and (5) in the case of unidentified remains, transport such remains to Arlington National Cemetery for interment at the Tomb of the Unknowns.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To direct the Secretary of Defense to take whatever steps may be necessary to exhume and transfer the remains of certain deceased members of the Armed Forces buried in Tripoli, Libya, and for other purposes.</title>
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