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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. VELA:H.R. 268.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section I, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, inthat the legislation concerns the exercise of legislativepowers generally granted to Congress, including the exerciseof those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive.Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution inthat the legislation exercises legislative powers granted toCongress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall benecessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforegoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by thisConstitution in the Government of the United States, or inany Department or Office thereof.''[Page H124]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <title>H.R. 268, a bill to provide for the boundary of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park to be adjusted, to authorize the donation of land to the United States for addition to that historic park, and for other purposes</title>
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