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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. SMITH of New Jersey:H.R. 3512.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce withforeign Nations, and among the several States, and with theIndian Tribes.[Page H6520]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Bindu Philips and Devon Davenport International Child Abduction Return Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to prohibit the President from designating a country as a beneficiary developing country if the country has a pattern of noncompliance under the Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014 in cases of child abduction during the preceding 12 months. Under current law, a beneficiary developing country is eligible for benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (i.e., tariff benefits).</p>]]></text>
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