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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. ROE of Tennessee:H.R. 2218.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: The Congress shall havepower to dispose of and make all needfull rules andregulations respecting the territory or other propertybelonging to the United States; and nothing in thisConstitution shall be construed as to prejudice any claims ofthe United States, or of any particular state.[Page H2942]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Tennessee Wilderness Act of 2017</b></p> <p> This bill designates specified federal lands in Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee as wilderness and as additions to existing components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. </p>]]></text>
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