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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 152 (Friday, September 20, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. PANETTA:H.R. 4448.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 18[Page H7866]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Giving Agriculture Relief from Loopholes in International Commerce Act or the GARLIC Act</b></p> <p>This bill specifies that processed dried garlic and dried garlic mixed with minimal amounts of other vegetables are subject to the higher duty imposed on dried garlic instead of the lower duties imposed on further processed vegetables and other mixed vegetables.</p>]]></text>
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