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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. SERRANO:H.R. 212.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 2 of section 5 of article I of the Constitution,which states: ``Each House may determine the Rules of itsProceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour,and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.''Additionally, Congress has the power to enact thislegislation under Clause 2 of section 3 of article IV of theConstitution, which states that ``The Congress shall havePower to dispose of and make all needful Rules andRegulations respecting the Territory or other Propertybelonging to the United States; and nothing in thisConstitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claimsof the United States, or of any particular State.''[Page H55]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 to allow the Clerk of the House of Representatives, at the request of a Member of the House, to donate computers and related peripheral tools previously used by the Member to a public elementary or secondary school designated by such Member without regard to whether the donation: (1) is a cost to the government, or (2) has a recoverable value. </p>]]></text>
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    <title>To permit members of the House of Representatives to donate used computer equipment to public elementary and secondary schools designated by the members.</title>
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