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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. SOUTHERLAND:H.R. 4955.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniformthroughout the United States.[Page H5725]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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    <title>To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the tariff preference level on imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber, fabric, apparel, and made-up goods from Bahrain under the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement.</title>
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