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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. KNIGHT:H.R. 5349.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H3296]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Energy Contracting Opportunities Act </b></p> <p>This bill expands, from 10 to 30 years, the maximum length of a federal agency contract for the acquisition of renewable energy or energy from cogeneration facilities.</p> <p>In addition, the Department of Energy and the Department of the Interior must establish an interagency working group to study the impact thatenergy development hashad on bird populations.</p>]]></text>
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