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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 147 (Wednesday, October 7, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. MEADOWS:H.R. 3704.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1:Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties,Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for thecommon Defence and general Welfare of the United States; butall Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughoutthe United States.[Page H6893]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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