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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 129 (Thursday, July 22, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BURGESS:H.R. 4628.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The attached bill is constitutional under Article I,Section 8, Clause 3: ``To regulate Commerce with foreignNations, and among the several States, and with the IndianTribes'' as well as Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1: ``TheCongress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties,Imports, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for thecommon Defense and general Welfare of the United States; butall Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughoutthe United States.[Page H3845]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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      <text>Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</text>
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