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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. SMITH of Missouri:H.R. 2966.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United StatesConstitution, to ``provide for the common Defense and generalWelfare of the United States.''[Page H4956]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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