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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. GOODEN:H.R. 8940.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper forcarrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all otherPowers vested by this Constitution in the Government of theUnited States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.[Page H7148]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill prohibits a congressional office from appointing an intern who is a citizen of a specified foreign country (e.g., Russia, Iran, North Korea, or China).</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To prohibit offices of Congress from appointing interns who are citizens of certain countries which exert malign foreign influences in the United States.</title>
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        <title>To prohibit offices of Congress from appointing interns who are citizens of certain countries which exert malign foreign influences in the United States.</title>
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        <title>To prohibit offices of Congress from appointing interns who are citizens of certain countries which exert malign foreign influences in the United States.</title>
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