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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 134 (Friday, July 30, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota:H.R. 4887.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8 of the United StatesConstitution.[Page H4307]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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    <title>To amend section 1603 of title 28, United States Code, to except the People's Republic of China as a defined foreign state.</title>
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