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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 187 (Wednesday, November 15, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. JUDY CHU of California:H.R. 4402.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Art. 1, Sec. 8 ``The Congress shall have Power To lay andcollect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debtsand provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of theUnited States.''[Page H9377]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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