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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 61 (Thursday, April 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. KUSTOFF:H.R. 2413.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Under Article 1, Section 8, the Necessary and ProperClause. Congress shall have power to make all laws whichshall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforegoing powers and all Powers vested by this Constitutionin the Government of the United States, or in any Departmentof Officer thereof.[Page H1720]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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