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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. JONES:H.R. 450.Congress has the power to enactthis legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution(clauses 12, 13, 14, and16), which grats Congress the powerto raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy;to to make rules for thegovernment and regulation of the landand naval forces; and to provide for organizing, arming, anddisciplining themilitia.[Page H392]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill authorizes a military chaplain to close a prayer according to the dictates of the chaplain's conscience if called upon to lead a prayer outside of a religious service or during a chaplain-led program to assist members of the Armed Forces on active duty, members of reserve components in an active status, and their immediate family members in building and maintaining a strong family structure.</p>]]></text>
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