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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 87 (Friday, May 25, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. DENHAM:H.R. 5974.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, US Constitution.By Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico:H.R. 5975.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested ina Congress of the United States, which shall consist of aSenate and House of Representatives.''Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make allneedful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory orother Property belonging to the United States; and nothing inthis Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice anyClaims of the United States, or of any particular state.''[Page H4732]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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