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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. HULTGREN:H.R. 6247.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. The Congress shall havepower to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises,to pay the debts and provide for the common defense andgeneral welfare of the United States.Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. To make all laws whichshall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution theforegoing powers, and all other power vested by thisConstitution in the Government of the United States, or inany Department or Officer thereof.[Page H5816]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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