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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 153 (Thursday, September 18, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. VARGAS:H.R. 5499.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper forcarrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all otherpowers vested by this Constitution in the Government of theUnited States, or in any Department or Officer thereof, asenumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S.Constitution.[Page H4457]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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