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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. YOUNG of Alaska:H.R. 221.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce withforeign Nations, and among the several States, and with theIndian Tribes;[Page H53]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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