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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<html><head><title>Congressional Record, Volume 164 Issue 194 (Monday, December 10, 2018)</title></head><body><pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 194 (Monday, December 10, 2018)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. KILMER:H.R. 7238.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, sec 8, cl.3 (commerce clause), & cl. 18(necessary and proper clause); section 1 of the 14thAmendment (due process and equal protection clauses), andsection 5 of the 14th Amendment (enforcement). In addition,Article 1, sec 8, & cl. 16.</pre></body></html>[Page H9821]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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