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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 21, 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. SCHAKOWSKY:H.R. 4266.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall havePower . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, andamong the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.The single subject of this legislation is:To authorize the Federal Trade Commission to independentlyinitiate civil actions to recover certain civil penalties.[Page H3073]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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