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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 28 (Thursday, February 16, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. ALLEN:H.R. 1105.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3[Page H1303]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Stop WOTUS Act</b></p> <p>This bill nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water Rule published on June 29, 2015, which defines the scope of waters protected under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act).</p>]]></text>
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