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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 11 (Thursday, January 15, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. HAMADEH of Arizona:H.R. 7103.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the U.S. Constitution:`To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Moneyto that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years.'Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 of the U.S. Constitution:`To provide and maintain a Navy.'Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution:`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.'[Page H921]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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