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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 177 (Friday, October 16, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. PETERSON:H.R. 8618.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 4 Section 3 Clause 2 of the Constitution of theUnited States.[Page H5694]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Local Government Taxpayer Fairness Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows local governments to treat the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) of the Department of the Interior as a private landowner for purposes of local property taxation and to treat lands acquired by the USFWS that are within the jurisdiction of a local government as privately-owned lands.</p>]]></text>
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        <title>To enable local governments to treat the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as a private landowner for the purposes of property taxation, and for other purposes.</title>
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