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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 51 (Thursday, March 18, 2021)][House][Pages H1582-H1583]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Miss GONZALEZ-COLON:H.R. 2016.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Congress has the power to enact this legislationpursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of theU.S. Constitution, which provide as follows:The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common Defense and general Welfare of the United States;[ . . . ]--AndTo make all laws which shall be necessary and proper forcarrying into Execution the[[Page H1583]]foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by thisConstitution in the Government of the United States, or inany Department or Officer thereof.</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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