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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. BURGESS:H.R. 532.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The attached bill is constitutional under Article I,Section IX, ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, butin Consequence of Appropriations made by Law''.[Page H551]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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