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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 53 (Thursday, March 23, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. TENNEY:H.R. 1771.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:This bill increases penalties for attacks against abortion-alternative providers and places of worship[Page H1411]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p> <p><b>Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act </b></p> <p>This bill increases criminal penalties and authorizes additional civil remedies for intentionally damaging or destroying property that is a place of religious worship or a facility that exclusively provides abortion-alternative services. The bill also increases the mandatory minimum prison term for maliciously damaging or destroying, by means of fire or explosives, a building that is a place of religious worship or a facility that exclusively provides abortion-alternative services. </p>]]></text>
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