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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 28, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. JOYCE of Ohio:H.R. 4768.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution[Page H4251]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Detrimental Erosion Forcing Enhanced Needs to the Defend the Great Lakes Act or the DEFEND the Great Lakes Act</strong></p> This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to initiate no fewer than five aquatic ecosystem restoration projects along the shoreline of the Great Lakes to reduce the risk of loss and degradation of coastal wetlands due to shoreline erosion.]]></text>
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