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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 Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida:H.R. 1248.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Congress is granted the authority to introduce and enactthis legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S.Constitution.[Page H677]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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