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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 182 (Tuesday, December 15, 2015)][Pages H9328-H9329]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. DeFAZIO:H.J. Res. 77.[[Page H9329]]Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 11, of Section 8, of Article I of the U.S.Constitution____________________</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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