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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 Mrs. HARTZLER:H.R. 2136.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I: Section 8: Clause 3 The United States Congressshall have power``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among theseveral States, and with the Indian Tribes.''[Page H2956]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Small Business Credit Availability Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) to exclude from the meaning of financial entity any small bank, savings association, farm credit system institution, non-profit cooperative lender controlled by electric cooperatives, or credit union if the aggregate uncollateralized outward exposure plus aggregate potential outward exposure of the entity with respect to its swaps does not exceed $1 billion. (Thus exempts such entities from the clearing requirement.)<br> </p>]]></text>
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    <title>Small Business Credit Availability Act</title>
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      <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.</text>
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