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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 2, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. NADLER:H.R. 4664.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clauses 1, 3, and 18.[Page H1116]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Displaced Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries and Iran Act</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the President to report annually to Congress on actions the Department of State and other relevant federal departments and agencies have taken in the preceding year regarding resolution of the issue of Jewish refugees from Arab countries and Iran. </p> <p>The report shall include a description of: </p> <ul> <li>actions in bilateral and multilateral fora to address the issue of rights for Jewish refugees from Arab countries; and </li> <li> measures to help ensure that the interests of Jews displaced from Arab countries and Iran and of all refugees displaced as a result of the Arab-Israeli conflict, including Arabs, Jews, Christians, and other groups, are considered in any final settlement of the Middle East refugee question that is part of any comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace.</li></ul>]]></text>
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