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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 11 (Thursday, January 22, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. LIPINSKI:H.R. 505.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the US constitution givesCongress the authority ``To regulate Commerce with foreignNations, and among the several States, and with the IndianTribes''[Page H534]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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