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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 20 (Thursday, February 5, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. McKINLEY:H.R. 748.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:the bill is authorized by Congress' power to ``provide forthe common Defense and general Welfare--of the UnitedStates'' pursuant to Article I, section 8 of the UnitedStates Constitution.[Page H856]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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