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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 17, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. DELBENE:H.R. 1394.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S.Constitution. ``The Congress shall have Power *** To regulateCommerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States,and with the Indian Tribes.''[Page H1722]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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