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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 7, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Mr. GOLDEN of Maine:H.R. 1397.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. ConstitutionThe single subject of this legislation is:Training young loggers[Page H1151]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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