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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 27, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas:H.R. 6245.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the UnitedStates Constitution.By Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico:H.R. 6246.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution``New States may be admitted by the Congress into thisUnion; but no new State shall be formed or erected within theJurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed bythe Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States,without the Consent of the Legislatures of the Statesconcerned as well as of the Congress.''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 H5816]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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