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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 138 (Thursday, September 24, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. SABLAN:H.R. 3607.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Under Article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the Constitution.[Page H6228]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>U.S. Territorial Federal Judges Improvement Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill increases from 10 years to 15 years the term of office for judges of the district courts of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.</p>]]></text>
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