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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 17, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mrs. GONZALEZ-COLON:H.R. 378.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantfollowing:The Congress has the power to enact this legislationpursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of theU.S. Constitution, which provide as follows:The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common Defense and general Welfare of the United States;but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniformthroughout the United States; [ . . . ]--AndTo make all laws which shall be necessary and proper forcarrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all otherPowers vested by this Constitution in the Government of theUnited States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Moreover, the Congress has the power to enact thislegislation pursuant to Article IV, Section 3, whichprovides; in relevant part, as follows:The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make allneedful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory orother Property belonging to the United States; and nothing inthis Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice anyClaims of the United States, or of any particular State.[Page H244]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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