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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 1 (Thursday, January 3, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. EVANS:H.R. 159.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause:``. . . The Congress shall have the power to regulateCommerce with foreign nations, and among the several States,and with the Indian Tribes; . . .''[Page H215]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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