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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 60 (Thursday, April 23, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. NEWHOUSE:H.R. 1985.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, commonly referred to as the``Commerce Clause'' of the United States Constitution.[Page H2465]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Pacific Northwest Gray Wolf Management Act of 2015 </b></p> <p>This bill prohibits any wolf species, subspecies, or population segment of Canis lupus in Washington, Oregon, and Utah (covered states) from being treated under any status of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, including as an endangered species, a threatened species, an essential experimental population, or a nonessential experimental population.</p> <p>The covered states shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the management of wolves within their borders.</p> <p>A covered state may not provide protections to wolves that are greater than the protections that would be provided under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.</p>]]></text>
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