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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 24 (Thursday, February 12, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:H.R. 958.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution [t]omake all Laws which shall be necessary and proper forcarrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all otherPowers vested by this Constitution in the Government of theUnited States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.[Page H1037]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Clyde Kennard Congressional Gold Medal Act</b></p> <p> Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Clyde Kennard in recognition of his sacrifice for education equality.</p> <p>Requires the medal, following its presentation, to be awarded to the Mississippi State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to be available for display or temporary loan for display elsewhere.</p>]]></text>
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