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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 26, 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. 3402.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 empowers Congress to ``regulateCommerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States,and with the Indian Tribes.''[Page H6466]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Fruit and Vegetables Access for Children Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow federal grant-funded fresh fruit and vegetable programs carried out by states to include&nbsp;canned, dried, frozen, or pureed fruits and vegetables.</p>]]></text>
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