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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 26, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania:H.R. 1369.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution under theGeneral Welfare Clause.[Page H2235]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill prohibits the President from waiving, reducing, or otherwise limiting the application of sanctions on North Korea until the President certifies to Congress that North Korea has</p> <ul> <li> ceased engaging in gross human rights abuses, including operation of slave-labor and political prisoner camps; </li> <li>established a disclosure and transparency process to identify crimes committed by the North Korean regime against its people; and </li> <li>issued a formal apology to the family of Otto Warmbier for his unlawful detention, torture, and murder. </li> </ul>]]></text>
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    <title>To prohibit lifting of United States sanctions imposed with respect to North Korea.</title>
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