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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 27, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. GAETZ:H.R. 5120.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clauses 1, 3, and 18 of theConstitution of the United States.[Page H1335]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Presidential Appointment of FISA Court Judges Act</b></p> <p>This bill revises procedures for appointing judges to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC). </p> <p>Currently, the Chief Justice of the United States appoints judges to the FISC. This bill requires FISC judges to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. </p>]]></text>
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      <text>Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</text>
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