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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 122 (Wednesday, July 16, 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. VAN DUYNE:H.R. 4470.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H3369]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <title>To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require hospitals participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs to establish certain notification procedures with respect to organ procurement agencies.</title>
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