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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 10 (Thursday, January 17, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. DEUTCH:H.R. 659.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.[Page H720]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Buyback Our Safety Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs to establish a gun buyback grant program for state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies.]]></text>
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