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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<html><head><title>Congressional Record, Volume 164 Issue 195 (Tuesday, December 11, 2018)</title></head><body><pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 195 (Tuesday, December 11, 2018)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. GALLAGHER:H.R. 7255.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, specifically ``Toregulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the severalStates, and with the Indian Tribes.''</pre></body></html>[Page H10103]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Telecommunications Denial Order Enforcement Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the President to impose penalties on telecommunications companies domiciled in China, including Huawei and ZTE, that violate U.S. export controls or sanctions. Chinese subsidiaries of foreign companies are excluded from the bill. </p> <p>The bill also prohibits executive agencies from reducing any penalty imposed on a Chinese telecommunications company for violating a sanction or export control, unless the President certifies that the company has not violated U.S. law for at least one year and is fully cooperating with investigations. </p>]]></text>
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