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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 8, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. JONES:H.R. 3449.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, thereported bill is authorized by Congress's power to: ``Toestablish an uniform Rule of Naturalization. . . .''[Page H5848]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <title>H.R. 3449, a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend honorary citizenship to otherwise qualified noncitizens who enlisted in the Philippines and died while serving on active duty with the United States Armed Forces</title>
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    <title>To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend honorary citizenship to otherwise qualified noncitizens who enlisted in the Philippines and died while serving on active duty with the United States Armed Forces during certain periods of hostilities, and for other purposes.</title>
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