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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 196 (Friday, December 1, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BLUM:H.R. 4512.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 6, Clause 1;Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18[Page H9598]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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