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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. SIMPSON:H.R. 168.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority of Congress to enact thislegislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the UnitedStates Constitution, specifically clause 9, which states``The Congress shall have Power . . . To constitute Tribunalsinferior to the supreme Court.''In addition, Article III, Section 1 states that ``Thejudicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in onesupreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congressmay from time to time ordain and establish.''[Page H48]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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