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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 5, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. NORTON:H.R. 3678.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.[Page H6654]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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