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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 5, 2019)][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. 1522.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 18 allows Congress to make alllaws ``which shall be necessary and proper for carrying intoexecution ``any of Congress's enumerated powers''[Page H2369]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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