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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. HUIZENGA:H.R. 4248.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power toregulate interstate commerce).[Page H8496]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <title>H.R. 4248, a bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill amends&nbsp;the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal provisions requiring public companies to make disclosures relating to their use of conflict minerals originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country. </p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p>(Sec. 1) This bill amends&nbsp;the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal provisions requiring public companies to make disclosures relating to their use of conflict minerals originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country. </p>]]></text>
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