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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. PIERLUISI:H.R. 4131.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority on which this bill rests isthe power of the Congress enumerated in Article I, Section 8,Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.____________________[Page H1134]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>El Yunque National Forest Preservation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to acquire, by donation or purchase from willing sellers, tracts of land or interests in land not in federal ownership that are located within the established boundaries of El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico or that abut such boundaries. </p> <p>Provides for the adjustment of the boundary of El Yunque National Forest to include any acquired lands.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>El Yunque National Forest Preservation Act</title>
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        <title>To facilitate land acquisition for the consolidation of lands located within the boundaries of, or abutting the boundaries of, El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico, and to further the protection of the ecological integrity and biological diversity of the National Forest, and for other purposes.</title>
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