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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 5, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. MENG:H.R. 2239.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3To regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among theseveral States, and with the Indian Tribes[Page H2799]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to require the Export-Import Bank of the United States to increase from at least 20% to at least 25% the amount of its aggregate loan, guarantee, and insurance authority it makes available to finance direct small business exports for each fiscal year.</p>]]></text>
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