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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 202 (Tuesday, December 12, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. PAULSEN:H.R. 4617.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper forcarrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all otherPowers vested by this Constitution in the Government of theUnited States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.[Page H9845]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2022 the moratorium on the excise tax on the sale of certain medical devices. (Under current law, the moratorium applies to sales during the period beginning on January 1, 2016, and ending on December 31, 2017.)</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a temporary moratorium on the medical device excise tax.</title>
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