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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 Mr. POCAN:H.R. 5969.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commercewith foreign Nations, and among the several States, and withthe Indian Tribes.[Page H4730]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Speed Up Broadband Access Act of 2018</strong></p> <p>This bill specifies that federal funds may not be used for the provision of broadband service in any state that has in effect a law or other requirement that prohibits, limits, or places conditions on, or regulates the provision of broadband service by a political subdivision of the state to residents of the subdivision or by any nonprofit organization&nbsp;to residents of the state.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Speed Up Broadband Access Act of 2018</title>
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