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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<html><head><title>Congressional Record, Volume 164 Issue 186 (Tuesday, November 27, 2018)</title></head><body><pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 186 (Tuesday, November 27, 2018)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:H.R. 7171.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates.</pre></body></html>[Page H9667]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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