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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 6, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. FLORES:H.R. 990.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United StatesConstitution. The Congress shall have power to regulatecommerce with foreign nations, and among the several states,and with the Indian tribes.Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, of the United StatesConstitution. The Congress shall have power to promote theprogress of science and useful arts, by securing for limitedtimes to authors and inventors the exclusive right to theirrespective writings and discoveries.[Page H1392]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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