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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 6, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. FITZPATRICK:H.R. 107.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:the Necessary and Proper Clause, Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 18.[Page H46]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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    <title>To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase from 1 to 2 years the post employment restrictions on Members of the House of Representatives.</title>
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