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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 140 (Monday, September 28, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. HONDA:H.R. 3631.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Section 8 of Article I of the US Constitution[Page H6307]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Freedom of Faith Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the special immigrant non-minister religious worker program permanent.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Freedom of Faith Act of 2015</title>
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