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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 203 (Monday, December 16, 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:H.R. 5436.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Congress has the power to enact this legislationpursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 of theU.S. Constitution, which provide as follows:The Congress shall have Power To [ . . . ]To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among theseveral States, and with the Indian Tribes; [ . . . ]--AndTo make all laws which shall be necessary and proper forcarrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all otherPowers vested by this Constitution in the Government of theUnited States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.[Page H10306]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill delays the implementation of a ban on sponsoring or exhibiting live birds in fighting ventures (e.g., cockfights) in states and U.S. territories and possessions that do not ban such fights. In addition, the Department of Agriculture must analyze the impacts of the ban on U.S. territories and possessions.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, with respect to enforcement of animal fighting ventures prohibition in the territories, and for other purposes.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.</text>
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