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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 11, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. JOHNSON of Texas:H.R. 3196.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates.[Page H4432]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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      <text>Became Public Law No: 116-97.</text>
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