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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 198 (Tuesday, December 5, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. CASTRO of Texas:H.R. 4551.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art.I, Sec. 8, Clause 18)THE U.S. CONSTITUTIONARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESSCLAUSE 18The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws whichshall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution theforegoing powers, and all other powers vested by thisConstitution in the government of the United States, or inany department or officer thereof.[Page H9664]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Intelligence Directors Lobbying Prevention Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to prohibit any individual who served as the head of any element of the intelligence community from acting as the agent of a foreign principal, including by engaging in lobbying activity on behalf of a foreign entity.</p> <p>The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with each element of the intelligence community, shall submit annual reports to Congress on the compliance of former heads of such elements with respect to such prohibition.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Intelligence Directors Lobbying Prevention Act</title>
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