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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. MacARTHUR:H.R. 2040.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8[Page H2498]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Striped Bass American Heritage Act</b></p> <p>This bill designates the Atlantic striped bass (<em>Morone saxatilis</em>) as the national fish.</p>]]></text>
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