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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 10, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. TENNEY:H.R. 4756.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall havepower . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary andproper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, andall oher Powers vested by this Constitution in the Governmentof the United States, or in any Department or Officerthereof.[Page H132]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Federal Reserve Blackout Improvement Act </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to restrict the types of public communications that Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members and staff may make regarding financial developments or monetary policy during a &quot;blackout period&quot; (i.e., a period extending from approximately one week before an FOMC meeting to approximately one day afterwards). </p>]]></text>
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