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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 63 (Friday, April 12, 2024)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. GIMENEZ:H.R. 7973.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution statingthat Congress has the authority to ``make all laws whichshall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution theforegoing powers, and all other powers vested by theConstitution''.The single subject of this legislation is:To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grantprogram to support the restoration of coral reefs in SouthFlorida.[Page H2367]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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