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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 21 (Monday, February 9, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. JOLLY:H.R. 814.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 1, Section 8 of Article 1 of the United StatesConstitution which reads: ``The Congress shall have Power tolay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to paythe Debts, and provide for the common Defense and GeneralWelfare of the United States; but all Duties and Imposts andExcises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''[Page H866]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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