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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 177 (Wednesday, November 1, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. SABLAN:H.R. 4216.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article IV,Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States.[Page H8386]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Northern Mariana Islands Enhanced Nutrition Assistance Act of 2017 </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to reauthorize through FY2023 the pilot program for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to operate the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) in the same manner in which the program is operated in the states. </p>]]></text>
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    <title>Northern Mariana Islands Enhanced Nutrition Assistance Act of 2017</title>
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