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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. CRAWFORD:H.R. 4175.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the enumerated powers listed in Article 1, Section 8,Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution that states ``the Congressshall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, impostsand excises, to pay the debts and provide for the commondefence and general welfare of the United States.''[Page H9012]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Groundwater Conservation Incentive Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax deduction for soil and water conservation expenditures to include expenditures to reduce groundwater use and for the conversion from groundwater use to surface water use. </p>]]></text>
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