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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2025)][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 Mrs. BICE:H.R. 1234.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H677]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;This bill replaces the requirement for the Library of Congress to prepare hardbound versions of the Constitution Annotated and supplements with a requirement for the Library to instead prepare digital versions and publish them online.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The new requirement applies to the supplement after the Supreme Court term beginning October 2025 and all subsequent editions.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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