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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 21, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. NEAL:H.R. 2877.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. CDonstitution[Page H4065]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <title>CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 2877, a bill to add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program</title>
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