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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 157 (Friday, September 27, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. ESPAILLAT:H.R. 4562.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 7: ``The Congress shall havePower [. . .] To establish Post Offices and Post Roads . ..''[Page H8082]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Allowing More Transparency in Reviewing Advertising Construction Act or the AMTRAK Act</b></p> <p>This bill eliminates the exemption of certain state and local requirements applied to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) in making improvements to exclude the construction or display of advertisements.</p>]]></text>
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