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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 185 (Tuesday, October 27, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BYRNE:H.R. 8684.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3[Page H5711]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill designates specified submerged lands in Alabama as the Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary, to be managed as if the sanctuary was designated under the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972.</p>]]></text>
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