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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 175 (Thursday, December 3, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. POLIQUIN:H.R. 4168.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority on which this bill rests isthe power of Congress ``To regulate Commerce with foreignNations, and among the several States, and with the IndianTribes:'' as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8 of the UnitedStates Constitution.[Page H9012]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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