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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 12 (Friday, January 19, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BABIN:H.R. 4853.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H583]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Commonsense Flood Prevention Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to examine the license for the Toledo Bend Hydroelectric Project (located on the Sabine River in Panola, Shelby, Sabine, and Newton Counties in Texas and DeSoto, Sabine, and Vernon Parishes in Louisiana) and the Medina Dam Project (located on the Medina River in Medina County, Texas).</p>]]></text>
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