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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 209 (Thursday, December 11, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. AUCHINCLOSS:H.R. 6609.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution[Page H5810]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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      <text>Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</text>
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