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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 65 (Friday, May 1, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. McGOVERN:H.R. 2204.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3[Page H2793]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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