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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 209 (Thursday, December 10, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:H.R. 8931.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H7148]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Stop the Killing in Syria Act<br /></b><br />This bill requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions against specified persons that assist or support Syria in malign activities and crimes against its own people, and it requires the Department of State to submit a strategy for removing the al-Assad regime from power and achieving a transition to a free and democratic Syria. Further, the bill prohibits any federal department or agency from recognizing any Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad or the legitimacy of Bashar al-Assad as President of Syria.<b><br /></b></p>]]></text>
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