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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 59 (Thursday, April 12, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI:H.R. 5495.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8: To make all Laws which shall benecessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforegoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by thisConstitution in the Government of the United States, or inany Department or Officer thereof.[Page H3210]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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