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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 21 (Monday, February 4, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. CUELLAR:H.R. 951.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18``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 H1350]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <title>H.R. 951, United States-Mexico Tourism Improvement Act of 2019</title>
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