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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 186 (Tuesday, November 14, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:H.R. 4393.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 18 et al.[Page H9255]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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