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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 17, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. TRAN:H.R. 7969.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates.[Page H2551]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <title>To direct the Director of National Intelligence to assess the national security implications of increased foreign malign influence by the Chinese Communist Party.</title>
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