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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 24 (Thursday, February 7, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana:H.R. 1079.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution,specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the commondefense and general welfare of the United States) and Clause18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary andproper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).[Page H1463]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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