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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. COFFMAN:H.R. 5237.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Sec. 8, of the United States Constitution[Page H7040]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Investors Need Clear Laws with Uniform Direction for E-2 Status Holders Act or the INCLUDE Act - Allows aliens having E-2 (treaty investor) nonimmigrant status by reason of a change of nonimmigrant classification made in the United States to re-enter the United States after a trip abroad without requesting or obtaining a new visa.</p> <p>States that there shall be no limit on the number of such re-entries during the period in which the alien lawfully holds such status.</p>]]></text>
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