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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 185 (Friday, December 18, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. MENG:H.R. 4306.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.[Page H10711]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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