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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 22, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire:H.R. 2922.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section VIII--To make all laws which shall benecessary and proper for carrying into execution theforegoing powers, and all other powers vested by thisConstitution in the government of the United States, or inany department or officer thereof.[Page H4120]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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