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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 2 (Friday, January 4, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. FINKENAUER:H.R. 246.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3The Congress shall have Power * * * To regulate Commercewith foreign Nations, and among the several States, and withthe Indian Tribes.[Page H228]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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