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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. STOCKMAN:H.R. 4650.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1. Section 8. Clause 10.``[The Congress shall have Power] To define and punishPiracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, andOffences against the Law of Nations.''[Page H4060]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.</text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>European Union Religious Freedom Act - Amends the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include among Congress's finding with respect to the forms of government-sponsored or government-tolerated violations of religious freedom prohibitions against: (1) homeschooling, (2) religious methods of meat production, (3) circumcision, and (4) wearing religious garb. </p>]]></text>
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