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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 82 (Thursday, May 15, 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 Ms. MACE:H.R. 3455.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.[Page H2105]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <title>H.R. 3455, Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025</title>
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