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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 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. GOODEN:H.R. 3539.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests isthe power of Congress to promote the ``Progress of Scienceand useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors andInventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writingsand Discoveries'' as enumerated in Article I, Section 8,clause 8. Additionally, the constitutional authority ofCongress to enact this legislation is also provided byArticle I, section 8 of the United States Constitution,specifically clause 18 (relating to the power to make alllaws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vestedin Congress).[Page H2362]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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