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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. CHRISTENSEN:H.R. 374.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:``Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates grant Congress the authority to make all needful Rulesand Regulations respecting the Territory or other Propertybelonging to the United States and Article 1, section 7 whichprovides that all Bills for raising Revenue shall originatein the House of Representatives.''[Page H282]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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