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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 62 (Thursday, April 21, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. JEFFRIES:H.R. 5020.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United StatesConstitution (``Congress shall have the power . . . To makeall Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carryinginto Execution . . . all other Powers vested in thisConstitution in the Government of the United States, or inany Department or Officer thereof').[Page H1923]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Synthetic Drug Awareness Act of 2016</b></p> This bill requires the Surgeon General to report to Congress on the public health effects of the increased use since January 2010 by individuals who are 12 to 18 years old of drugs developed and manufactured to avoid control under the Controlled Substances Act (e.g., synthetic marijuana, also known as &quot;spice,&quot; and synthetic amphetamines, also known as &quot;bath salts&quot;).]]></text>
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