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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 105 (Friday, June 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. AMASH:H.R. 3402.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 1, of the Constitution states: ``Alllegislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in aCongress of the United States . . .'' It is both ``necessaryand proper [for Congress to make laws] for carrying intoExecution'' this Power (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18),including setting standards for the format and content oflegislation proposed to be considered by Congress.[Page H5037]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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