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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 Ms. NORTON:H.R. 2622.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:section 1 of article I, and clause 18, section 8 of articleI of the Constitution.[Page H4213]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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