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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 23, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. ELLISON:H.R. 2597.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution of theUnited States, which states that Congress shall have thepower to ``establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization.''[Page H4503]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>West African Ebola Relief Act</b></p> <p>This bill extends the temporary protected status through November 21, 2018, for a national of Liberia, Sierra Leone, or Guinea who was lawfully present in the United States under such status on May 19, 2017. </p>]]></text>
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