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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. LEE of Nevada:H.R. 6981.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 provides Congress with thepower to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts andExcises'' in order to ``provide for the . . . general Welfareof the United States.''[Page H252]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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