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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 159 (Tuesday, September 15, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BUTTERFIELD:H.R. 8255.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution,Congress has the power to collect taxes and expend funds toprovide for the general welfare of the United States.Congress may also make laws that are necessary and proper forcarrying into execution their powers enumerated under ArticleI.[Page H4428]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <title>CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 8255, Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act</b></p> <p>This bill ratifies and confirms the actions of the Department of the Interior to take into trust approximately 17 acres of land in Cleveland County, North Carolina, for the benefit of the Catawba Indian Nation. The land is made part of the Catawba Reservation.</p> <p>The bill allows gaming on the land taken into trust for the tribe.</p>]]></text>
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