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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 24, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN:H.R. 5607.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, clause 3[Page H3506]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill establishes a statutory framework for the licensing and registration of all handguns owned, possessed, or controlled in the United States. </p>]]></text>
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