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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 146 (Tuesday, September 27, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. DUFFY:H.R. 6186.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18[Page H6001]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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