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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 Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS:H.R. 7112.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution: ``to makeall laws which shall be necessary and proper for carryinginto execution the foregoing powers, and all other powersvested by this constitution in the government of the UnitedStates, or in any department or officer thereof.''[Page H921]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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