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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 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. GOTTHEIMER:H.R. 1471.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H729]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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      <text>Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</text>
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