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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. BILIRAKIS:H.R. 6576.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution(clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16), which grants Congress the powerto raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy;to make rules for the government and regulation of the landand naval forces; and to provide for organizing, arming, anddisciplining the militia.____________________[Page H6310]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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