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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 156 (Thursday, September 26, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico:H.R. 4522.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested ina Congress of the United States, which shall consist of aSenate and House of Representatives.''Article III, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution``The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vestedin one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as theCongress may from time to time ordain and establish. TheJudges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall holdtheir Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at statedTimes, receive for their Services, a Compensation, whichshall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.''[Page H8055]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Puerto Rico Federal Judicial Improvement Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the President to appoint an additional district judge for the district of Puerto Rico and converts two temporary bankruptcy judgeships in that district to permanent judgeships.</p>]]></text>
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