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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 143 (Wednesday, September 6, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. MacARTHUR:H.R. 3689.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Caluse 4[Page H7089]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Student Exchange Program Parity Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the one-year limitation on the period of time an alien may be accorded nonimmigrant student status, including Mexican and Canadian full- or part-time commuting students, to study at a public secondary school.</p>]]></text>
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