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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 29, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. MARCHANT:H.R. 3287.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:U.S. Constitution Art. I Sec. 8 cl. 1, under the ``Power Tolay and collect Taxes'';Amd. 16, under the ``power to lay and collect taxes onincomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionmentamong the several States, and without regard to any census orenumeration''; andArt. I Sec. 8 cl. 18, under the power ``To make all Lawswhich shall be necessary and proper for carrying intoExecution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vestedby this Constitution in the Government of the United States,or in any Department or Officer thereof.''[Page H5770]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Community Bank Flexibility Act </strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of small banks, to: (1) allow such banks to reorganize as either corporations or partnerships for tax purposes, (2) permit such banks to reorganize without incurring an additional tax for liquidation, and (3) impose a five-year recognition period of the built-in gains of such banks.</p>]]></text>
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