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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. LAMBORN:H.R. 524.Congresshas the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of theConstitutionstates that Congress has the authority to``regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among theseveralstates.''[[Page H547]][Page H546]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>End Trafficking of the Terminated Unborn Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the use of tissue from an induced abortion for research conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health on the transplantation of fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes.</p> Soliciting or acquiring a donation of fetal tissue from an induced abortion for a purpose other than disposal is prohibited.]]></text>
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    <title>End Trafficking of the Terminated Unborn Act of 2017</title>
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