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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. FINCHER:H.R. 3409.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United StatesConstitution, which states:``The Congress shall have the power to dispose of and makeall needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory orother Property belonging to the United States; and nothing inthis Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice anyClaims of the United States, or of any particular State.''[Page H6955]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p> National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Limitation Act of 2013 - Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from expanding any national wildlife refuge, except as expressly authorized by a law enacted after January 3, 2013. </p>]]></text>
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