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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 43 (Monday, March 8, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. TAYLOR:H.R. 1606.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United StatesConstitution:``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 H1120]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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