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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 21, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. CAPUANO:H.R. 447.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Sec. 8, Clause 3: ``The Congress shall have Power. . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and amongthe several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''[Page H481]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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