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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 107 (Friday, July 10, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. SALMON:H.R. 3031.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 9, Clause 7--``No money shall be drawnfrom the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations madeby Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receiptsand Expenditures of all public Money shall be published fromtime to time.''[Page H5089]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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