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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. JONES:H.R. 171.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article 1, section 8 of the United StatesConstitution (clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16), which grantsCongress the power to raise and support an Army; to provideand maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government andregulation of the land and naval forces; and to provide fororganizing, arming, and disciplining the militia.[Page H51]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill redesignates: (1) the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps, and (2) the Secretary of the Navy as the Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps. The bill makes similar redesignations with respect to the Department Under Secretary, the Department Assistant Secretaries, and the General Counsel.</p>]]></text>
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