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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 182 (Tuesday, December 15, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:H.R. 4259.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1Section 8Clause 18[Page H9328]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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    <title>To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from establishing, implementing, or enforcing any limit on the aggregate emissions of carbon dioxide from a State or any category or subcategory of sources within a State.</title>
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