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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 173 (Thursday, October 31, 2019)][House][Pages H8720-H8721]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. WEXTON:H.R. 4971.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, clause 7By Miss. RICE of New York:H.R. 4972.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8ADDITIONAL SPONSORSUnder clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills andresolutions, as follows:H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr.Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas.H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse.H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette.H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi.H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis.H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi.H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky.H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois.H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr.Rogers ofKentucky.H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Johnson of Ohio.H.R. 1049: Mr. Lynch.H.R. 1092: Mr. Raskin.H.R. 1110: Mr. Wright.H.R. 1133: Ms. Ocasio-Cortez.H.R. 1155: Mr. Pence.H.R. 1171: Mr. Meeks.H.R. 1175: Mr. Richmond.H.R. 1188: Mr. Doggett.H.R. 1254: Ms. Wexton.H.R. 1257: Mr. Rutherford.H.R. 1289: Ms. Matsui.H.R. 1309: Mr. Richmond and Mr. Bishop of Georgia.H.R. 1367: Mr. Johnson of Georgia and Mr. Levin ofMichigan.H.R. 1383: Mr. Olson.H.R. 1418: Mr. Schrader.H.R. 1468: Mr. Grijalva.H.R. 1498: Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Scanlon, Ms.Dean, and Mr. Grijalva.H.R. 1528: Mr. Trone.H.R. 1652: Mr. Schrader, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Correa, Mr.Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Evans, and Ms. Velazquez.H.R. 1673: Mr. Harris.H.R. 1680: Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Womack, Mr. Ferguson, and Mr.Byrne.H.R. 1705: Mrs. Lawrence.H.R. 1748: Mr. Sherman, Mr. Crow, Mr. Visclosky, Mr.Stauber, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms.Torres Small of New Mexico, and Mr. Keating.H.R. 1754: Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Kind, Ms. Bass, andMr. Larson of Connecticut.H.R. 1765: Mr. McKinley.H.R. 1777: Ms. Meng.H.R. 1923: Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Serrano, Mr.Welch, Mr. Lowenthal, and Ms. Garcia of Texas.H.R. 2051: Mr. Suozzi.H.R. 2075: Ms. Mucarsel-Powell.H.R. 2086: Mrs. Luria.H.R. 2117: Mr. Joyce of Ohio.H.R. 2147: Mr. Kildee, Ms. Moore, Mrs. Luria, Mr.Gottheimer, and Mr. Calvert.H.R. 2210: Mr. Soto.H.R. 2222: Mr. Smith of Nebraska.H.R. 2235: Mr. Crawford, Mr. Payne, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lynch,and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania.H.R. 2279: Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Mr.Grothman, Mr. Rush, Mr. Neguse, and Mr. Kennedy.H.R. 2283: Mr. Lewis.H.R. 2301: Mr. Bacon.H.R. 2411: Ms. Spanberger and Mr. Comer.H.R. 2433: Mr. Sires.H.R. 2498: Ms. Sewell of Alabama.H.R. 2501: Mr. Soto.H.R. 2521: Mr. Soto, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Bucshon,Ms. Norton, and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois.H.R. 2584: Mr. Olson and Mr. Hice of Georgia.H.R. 2645: Ms. Jackson Lee.H.R. 2653: Mrs. Axne.H.R. 2656: Ms. Slotkin.H.R. 2668: Mr. Young and Ms. Finkenauer.H.R. 2693: Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Holding, Mr. Smith ofMissouri, and Mr. Arrington.H.R. 2746: Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico.H.R. 2747: Ms. Speier and Mr. Michael F. Doyle ofPennsylvania.H.R. 2788: Mr. Amodei.H.R. 2802: Ms. Finkenauer and Ms. Schakowsky.H.R. 2825: Mrs. Walorski.H.R. 2862: Mr. Balderson.H.R. 2867: Ms. Brownley of California.H.R. 2985: Mr. Nunes and Mr. Rouda.H.R. 2986: Mr. Lewis and Mr. Blumenauer.H.R. 2990: Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Norman, Ms.Stevens, and Mr. Davidson of Ohio.H.R. 3048: Mr. Smith of Missouri.H.R. 3062: Mr. Johnson of Ohio.H.R. 3080: Mr. Brindisi and Ms. Waters.H.R. 3127: Mr. Welch and Mr. Smith of Nebraska.H.R. 3138: Mr. Norcross.H.R. 3155: Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Waltz, Mr.Hollingsworth, Mr. Perry, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Hurd ofTexas, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Stauber, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Katko, Ms.Stefanik, Mr. Reed, Mr. Pence, Mr[...]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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