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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 133 (Tuesday, August 6, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. CHABOT:H.R. 4164.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution,which states, ``Congress shall have the power . . . [t]oregulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the severalstates, and with the Indian tribes.''[Page H7492]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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