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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 1 (Friday, January 3, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. BOEBERT:H.R. 128.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8: The Congress shall have power to layand collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay thedebts and provide for the common defence and general welfareof the United States; but all duties, imposts, and excisesshall be uniform throughout the United StatesThe single subject of this legislation is:This bill would require the Assistant Secretary for theCountering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office of theDepartment of Homeland Security to treat illicit fentanyl asa weapon of mass destruction.[Page H40]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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