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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 128 (Friday, July 28, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. MARINO:H.R. 3553.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 in that the legislationexercises legislative powers granted to Congress by thatclause ``To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, anduniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout theUnited States.''Article III, Section 1, Clause 1 in that the legislationexercises legislative powers granted to Congress by thatclause ``The judicial Power of the United States shall bevested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts asCongress may from time to time ordain and establish. TheJudges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall holdtheir Offices during good Behavior, and shall, at statedTimes, receive for their Services, a Compensation, whichshall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.''[Page H6578]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill increases the amount of compensation paid to trustees in chapter 7 (liquidation) bankrtupcy proceedings. Similarly, it increases the statutory filing fee for bankruptcy petitions under chapter 7.</p>]]></text>
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