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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 171 (Thursday, November 19, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. WALKER:H.R. 4123.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 9, Clause 7--``No money shall be drawnfrom the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations madeby Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receiptsand Expenditures of all public Money shall be published fromtime to time.''[Page H8414]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Define it to Fight it Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of State to withhold 10% of U.S. contributions to the regularly assessed biennial budget of the United Nations (U.N.) until the U.N. adopts a definition of international terrorism concurrent with U.S. laws. </p> <p>&quot;International terrorism&quot; shall mean terrorism involving one or more citizens of a country, or the territory of one or more countries, if the government of any such country consents to, or with knowledge, allows, tolerates, or disregards the activities of that citizen or that use of the territory, including its use as a transit point.</p>]]></text>
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