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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 Ms. PINGREE of Maine:H.R. 4346.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause III of the Constitution[Page H1811]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Requiring Easy and Accurate Labeling of Beef Act or the REAL Beef Act - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require a package or other container of meat at the final point of sale that contains low-temperature rendered product (lean finely textured beef) to bear a label stating that it contains such product.</p>]]></text>
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        <title>To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act so that labels on packages of meat include a statement on whether the meat contains lean finely textured beef.</title>
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