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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 104 (Thursday, June 21, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. QUIGLEY:H.R. 6188.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority on which this bill rests isthe power of Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties,imposts and excises; as enumerated in Article I, Section 4 ofthe United States Constitution.[Page H5506]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Prevent Election Hacking Act of 2018</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to establish the Hack the Election Program to improve the cybersecurity of the systems used to administer federal elections by facilitating and encouraging assessments by independent technical experts, in cooperation with state and local election officials and election service providers, to identify and report election cybersecurity vulnerabilities.</p>]]></text>
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