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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 29, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. GIBBS:H.R. 844.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution,specifically Clause 3 (relating to regulation of Commerceamong the several states.)[Page H1284]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Industrial Mineral Parity Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill allows industrial mineral remining operations to obtain modified permits under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System to discharge certain pollutants into waters of the United States if pollution treatment requirements are met. The term <i>industrial minerals</i> means limestone, clay, sand, gravel, diatomite, kaolin, bentonite, silica, barite, gypsum, or talc. Currently, modified permits are limited to discharges from coal remining operations.</p>]]></text>
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