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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 81 (Thursday, May 17, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. LAMB:H.R. 5871.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8[Page H4210]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act or the POWER Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to make grants to law enforcement agencies to purchase a chemical screening device and to train personnel to use, and intercept data collected by, such device.</p>]]></text>
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