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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 79 (Thursday, May 21, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. ROHRABACHER:H.R. 2501.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Congress has the power to determine the boundaries ofdistricts for the election of Representatives in Congresspursuant to the authority given to make or alter regulationsof the times, places and manner of holding elections forRepresentatives by Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution.[Page H3562]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Citizens' Districts Preservation Act </strong></p> <p>Requires each of the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, New Jersey, and Washington to retain the congressional redistricting plan in effect in such state as of the first day of the 114th Congress until such state carries out a redistricting plan in response to the apportionment of Representatives resulting from the regular decennial census conducted in 2020. </p>]]></text>
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