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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 9, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. FLEISCHMANN:H.R. 2768.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, which states the Congressshall have the power ``to make all laws which shall benecessary and proper for carrying into execution theforegoing powers, and all other powers vested by thisConstitution in the government of the United States, or inany department or office thereof.''[Page H1563]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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