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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<html><head><title>Congressional Record, Volume 164 Issue 189 (Friday, November 30, 2018)</title></head><body><pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 189 (Friday, November 30, 2018)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. DAVIDSON:H.R. 7207.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall havepower to . . . provide for the common defense and generalwelfare of the United States;andArticle 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all laws whichshall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution theforegoing powers, and all other powers vested by thisConstitution in the government of the United States, or inany department or officer thereof.</pre></body></html>[Page H9758]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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