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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 2, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas:H.R. 2286.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United StatesConstitution: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . toregulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the severalStates, and with the Indian Tribes.''[Page H3067]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Domestic Maritime Centers of Excellence Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to designate state-operated maritime training centers and community and technical colleges with a maritime training program that are located in the United States along the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Artic Ocean, Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, or Great Lakes as centers of excellence for domestic maritime workforce training and education.</p> <p>DOT may provide technical assistance, surplus federal equipment and assets, and funding to such centers to support a maritime workforce program and assist such centers in expanding their capacity to train the U.S. maritime workforce.</p>]]></text>
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