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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 146 (Tuesday, October 6, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia:H.R. 3685.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution,which states that ``Congress shall have the power . . . [t]oregulate Commerce with foreign Nations . . .''and that``Congress shall have the power . . . [t]o 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 H6836]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>United States-Turkey Free Trade Promotion Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill directs the United States Trade Representative to initiate negotiations to enter into a bilateral free trade agreement with Turkey that, among other things, promotes the export and import of natural resources, including coal, between the two countries.</p>]]></text>
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