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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. MOONEY of West Virginia:H.R. 2558.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H3476]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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