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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 133 (Friday, August 10, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. ROKITA:H.R. 6668.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congressshall have Power to make all Laws which shall be necessaryand proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers,and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United. States, or in any Department orOfficer thereof.____________________[Page H7751]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Modifying Unaccountable Standards and Simplifying Endangered Lists or the MUSSELS Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Interior to remove freshwater mussels from the list of endangered and threatened species.</p>]]></text>
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