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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 51 (Thursday, March 18, 2021)][House]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. 2018. 1 Congress has the power to enact thislegislation pursuant to 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;but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniformthroughout the United States; [ . . . ]--AndTo 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 H1583]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill waives Buy American requirements (requirements for the use of goods mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States) in the case of an emergency declaration, with respect to purchases made or contracts issued by Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, or the U.S. Virgin Islands. </p>]]></text>
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