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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 148 (Thursday, September 6, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. MARCHANT:H.R. 6726.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, which givesCongress the ``power to lay and collect taxes, duties,imposts and excises.''[Page H7920]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Invest in America Act </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal several provision that were added by the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980. The bill repeals provisions that imposed: (1) capital gains taxes on dispositions of investments in U.S. real property by foreign citizens, and (2) related tax withholding and reporting requirements. </p>]]></text>
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