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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 82 (Friday, May 18, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. KEATING:H.R. 5883.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates[Page H4242]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Unexploded Ordnance Removal Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop a strategy for removing unexploded ordnance in Syria and Iraq that includes an assessment of areas of ordnance concentration, proximate schools, hospitals, or civil-service buildings and a time line for the strategy's implementation.</p> <p>DOD may coordinate with foreign countries and multilateral institutions in developing and implementing the strategy.</p>]]></text>
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