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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 74 (Tuesday, May 8, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. DONOVAN:H.R. 5705.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:``clause 7 of section 8 of article I of the United StatesConstitution.''[Page H3834]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Postal Operations To be Unbiased and Sensible (POTUS) Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service to require post offices to display the official portraits of the President and Vice President.</p>]]></text>
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