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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 86 (Thursday, May 24, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire:H.R. 5967.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United StatesConstitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``To regulateCommerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States,and with the Indian Tribes . . . .''[Page H4730]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Export Promotion Act</b></p> <p>This bill establishes the Export Promotion Agency in the Department of Commerce. The bill designates the functions, responsibilities, organizational structure, and reporting requirements of the agency. The bill terminates the following entities and programs and transfers their functions to the agency: the International Trade Administration, the Office of International Trade of the Small Business Administration, the Trade and Development Agency, the Export Credit Guarantee Program and the Facilities Guarantee Program of the Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs of the Department of State. </p>]]></text>
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