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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. WALBERG:H.R. 1304.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3--The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce withForeign Nations, and among several States, and with IndianTribes.Also, the Tenth Amendment--The powers not Delegated to the United States by theConstitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, arereserved to the States respectively, or to the people.[Page H1720]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Flexibility to Farm Act - Permits the chief executive of a state to exempt farmers in the state from a requirement of a covered federal environmental law by determining that such requirement is unduly burdensome.</p> <p>Requires the chief executive to solicit and accept public comments for at least 90 days before finalizing any such determination.</p> <p>Defines "covered federal environmental law" to mean the Clean Air Act insofar as it applies to emissions of air pollutants other than those resulting from the combustion of fossil fuel and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act).</p>]]></text>
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