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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 186 (Wednesday, November 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. PETERSON:H.R. 5203.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is inclause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.[Page H9122]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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