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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. HILL of Arkansas:H.R. 1612.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Artice I, Section VIII[Page H879]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text>DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1612.</text>
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        <text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Flatside Wilderness Additions Act</strong></p> <p>This bill adds specified lands to the Flatside Wilderness in the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas. The bill also redesignates the wilderness as the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness.</p>]]></text>
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