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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 159 (Friday, October 4, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. PHILLIPS:H.R. 4612.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 4, Clause 1 of the Constitution givesCongress the authority to prescribe the time, place, andmanner for holding U.S. Elections. Article 1, Section 8,Clause 18 provides that Congress has the authority to makelaws necessary and proper for carrying out the execution oftheir powers.[Page H8096]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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