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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 7, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. FLORES:H.R. 2540.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of theUnited States.[Page H3475]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Food and Fuel Consumer Protection Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill revises the renewable fuel program, which requires transportation fuel to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel. The Environmental Protection Agency must cap the total volume of ethanol blended into the transportation fuel supply at 9.7% of projected gasoline demand as determined by the Energy Information Administration.</p>]]></text>
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