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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 82 (Wednesday, May 12, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina:H.R. 3157.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H2271]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Murphy, Gregory [R-NC-3]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Fight Radicalization of Elementary Education (FREE) Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the federal government from conditioning or incentivizing financial support upon the adoption of specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curricula, or programs of instruction related to the priorities in the Department of Education's proposed rule titled <em>Proposed Priorities-American History and Civics Education</em>, published on April 19, 2021, or related to critical race theory.</p>]]></text>
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