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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. POSEY:H.R. 5367.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of theUnited States:To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among theseveral states, and with the Indian tribes;Article I, Section 8, Clause 9 of the Constitution of theUnited States:To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;Article I, Section 8, Clause 10 of the Constitution of theUnited States:To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on thehigh Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of theUnited States:To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper forcarrying into Execution the forgoing Powers, and all otherPowers vested by this Constitution in the Government of theUnited States or in any Department or Officer thereof;Amendment VNo person shall be . . . deprived of life, liberty, orproperty, without due process of law.[Page H7187]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Bank Account Seizure of Terrorist Assets Act or BASTA Act - Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to subject the blocked assets of a terrorist party to execution or attachment in aid of execution in order to satisfy a judgment based upon an act of terrorism, regardless of whether the terrorist party ceases to be a terrorist party after judgment is entered.</p> <p>Redefines a blocked asset to include any asset seized or frozen by the United States under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. </p>]]></text>
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