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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 14, 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. FULCHER:H.R. 1576.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, providing Congress to ``make all Lawswhich shall be necessary and proper for carrying intoExecution'' the power eneumerated in Article 1 and ``allother Powers vested by [the] Constitution in the Governmentof the United States, or in any Department or Officerthereof,''The single subject of this legislation is:To modify existing permitting processes for photography orfilming activities on certain federal lands in the UnitedStates.[Page H1287]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Federal Interior Land Media Act or the FILM Act&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This bill rewrites provisions for commercial filming activities or similar projects in National Park System units and on other federal lands. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Specifically, the bill provides exceptions from permitting and fee requirements for content creation, including still photography, digital or analog video, or digital or analog audio recording activities, on land under the jurisdiction of the Departments of Agriculture or the Interior.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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