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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 10, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. JACKSON LEE:H.R. 242.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 3, 8, & 18 ofthe United States Constitution.[Page H151]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Equal Rights and Access for the Women of South Sudan Act </strong></p> <p>This bill requires that activities carried out by the United States in South Sudan relating to governance, post-conflict reconstruction and development, police and military training,&nbsp;or refugee relief and assistance support the human rights of women and their full political, social, and economic participation.</p>]]></text>
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