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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. BURGESS:H.R. 643.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The attached legislation falls within the authority ofCongress to pass legislation related to interstate commerce,an enumerated power given to the legislative branch pursuantto Article I, Section 8, clause 3, which states that Congressshall have the Power . . . ``To regulate Commerce withforeign Nations, and among the several States, and with theIndian Tribes.''[Page H502]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to prohibit any federal or state requirement to increase energy efficient lighting in public buildings from requiring a hospital, school, day care center, mental health facility, or nursing home to install or utilize energy efficient lighting that contains mercury.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To provide that no Federal or State requirement to increase energy efficient lighting in public buildings shall require a hospital, school, day care center, mental health facility, or nursing home to install or utilize such energy efficient lighting if the lighting contains mercury.</title>
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        <title>To provide that no Federal or State requirement to increase energy efficient lighting in public buildings shall require a hospital, school, day care center, mental health facility, or nursing home to install or utilize such energy efficient lighting if the lighting contains mercury.</title>
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        <title>To provide that no Federal or State requirement to increase energy efficient lighting in public buildings shall require a hospital, school, day care center, mental health facility, or nursing home to install or utilize such energy efficient lighting if the lighting contains mercury.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.</text>
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