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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 18, 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 Ms. PORTER:H.R. 2688.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionThe single subject of this legislation is:To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to requireelectronically prepared tax returns to include scannable codewhen submitted on paper.[Page H1847]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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