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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. STEUBE:H.R. 685.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:To direct the President, in consultation with the Secretaryof the Treasury, to develop and carry out a strategy to seekreinbursement from the People's Republic of China of fundsmade available by the United States Government to addressCOVID-19.[Page H578]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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