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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 137 (Friday, August 18, 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. 3657.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution[Page H6612]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <title>H.R. 3657, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain burial benefits for spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries, and for other purposes</title>
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