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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 72 (Thursday, April 27, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. POLIQUIN:H.R. 2216.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority on which this bill rests isthe power of Congress ``To regulate Commerce with foreignNations, and among the several States, and with the IndianTribes:'' as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8 of the UnitedStates Constitution.[Page H2942]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill provides that the Vanceboro Dam Storage Project, West Branch Project, and Forest City Project, all located on the St. Croix River in Maine, are not required to be licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To provide that certain project works on the St. Croix River, Maine, are not required to be licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.</title>
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