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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 199 (Wednesday, December 6, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BILIRAKIS:H.R. 4561.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall havePower to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises,to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense andgeneral Welfare of the United States; but all Duties,Imposts, and Excises shall be uniform throughout the UnitedStates.Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall havePower to make all Laws which shall be necessary and properfor carrying into Execution the forgoing Powers, and allother Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government ofthe United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.[Page H9709]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <title>H.R. 4561, Security Assessment Feasibility for Equipment Testing and Evaluation of Capabilities for Our Homeland Act</title>
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