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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 137 (Friday, August 19, 2022)][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. 8734.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: ``The Congress shall havepower to dispose of and make all needful rules andregulations respecting the territory or other propertybelonging to the United States.''[Page H7716]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Mount Rushmore Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the use of any federal funds to alter, change, destroy, or remove any name, face, or other feature on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.</p>]]></text>
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