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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 122 (Tuesday, July 13, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:H.R. 4411.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I of the Constitution and its subsequent amendmentsand further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court ofthe United States.[Page H3625]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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