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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. NADLER:H.R. 1631.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Art. 1, sec. 8, cl. 1 ``Congress shall have the Power tolay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises. . . .''Art. 1, sec. 8, cl. 18 Necessary and proper clause.[Page H2916]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ Tax Equity Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide regional cost-of-living adjustments in individual income tax rates. Directs the Secretary of Labor to determine and publish a regional cost-of-living index for each metropolitan statistical area.]]></text>
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