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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 13, 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 Mr. NEHLS:H.R. 5446.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the Houseof Representatives, the following statement is submittedregarding the specific powers granted to Congress in theConstitution to enact the accompanying bill or jointresolution. Congress has the power to enact this legislationpursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the UnitedStates Constitution.The single subject of this legislation is:This bill expands the allowable uses of state compensationpayments for crime victims to include certain expenses forangel families and reestablishes the Victims of ImmigrationCrime Engagement Office within the Department of HomelandSecurity.[Page H4298]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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