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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 77 (Monday, May 16, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. RUSH:H.R. 5255.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 3.: ``To regulate commerce with foreignnations, and among the several states, and with the Indiantribes.''[Page H2428]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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    <title>To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to permit the Federal Trade Commission to enforce such Act against certain tax-exempt organizations.</title>
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