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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. 5863.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The attached language falls within Congress' delegatedauthority to legislate interstate commerce, found in ArticleI, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution. Further,Congress' authority to regulate the actions of governmentofficials tasked to carry out duly-enacted legislation can befound in Article I, Section 8, clause 18, which authorizesCongress to ``make all Laws which shall be necessary andproper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers . ..''[Page H3266]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to make any federal government official who is responsible for the issuance of an innovative technology loan guarantee that violates the requirements of such Act personally liable for a civil penalty in an amount of at least $10,000 but no more than $50,000 for each violation.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To clarify section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include penalties for violations of title XVII of that Act.</title>
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        <title>To clarify section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include penalties for violations of title XVII of that Act.</title>
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        <title>To clarify section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include penalties for violations of title XVII of that Act.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.</text>
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