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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 179 (Friday, November 3, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. COHEN:H.R. 4244.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H8496]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill directs the President to make a determination about whether to release any record relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy that was not released on October 26, 2017. </p> <p> Such records shall be released within two days of that determination.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To require the release of all records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and for other purposes.</title>
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        <title>To require the release of all records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and for other purposes.</title>
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