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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 117 (Thursday, July 12, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. WESTERMAN:H.R. 6355.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Commerce Clause) whichgives Congress the power to regulate commerce among thestates. If the matter in question is not purely a localmatter (intra-state) or if it has an impact on interstatecommerce, it falls within the Congressional power to regulateinterstate commerce. National Federation of IndependentBusiness v. Sebelius, 567 U.S._(2012);[Page H6174]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Providing ESA Timing Improvements That Increase Opportunities for Nonlisting Act of 2018 or the PETITION Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to revise the process by which the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, reviews petitions to list a species on the endangered or threatened species list. Specifically, the bill establishes a process for the appropriate department to declare a petition backlog and discharge the petitions when there is a backlog.</p>]]></text>
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