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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 150 (Wednesday, September 25, 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 Mr. IVEY:H.R. 9832.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, clauses 1, 14, and 18 ofthe United States Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendmentto the United States Constitution.The single subject of this legislation is:Federal government contracting[Page H5831]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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