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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 209 (Tuesday, December 19, 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. NORTON:H.R. 6866.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionThe single subject of this legislation is:This bill would give the District of Columbia completeauthority to set the date of special elections for localoffices.[Page H6999]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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