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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana:H.R. 3476.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:U.S. Const. Art. I Sec. 8 cl. 18[Page H6518]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the provision that requires revenue from excise taxes on rum imported into the United States to be covered (paid) into the treasuries of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. </p>]]></text>
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