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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 62 (Thursday, April 11, 2024)][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. MACE:H.R. 7958.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.The single subject of this legislation is:To prohibit the Director of the National Institutes ofHealth from conducting or funding research that causessignificant pain or distress to a dog or cat.[Page H2318]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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