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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 67 (Thursday, April 16, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. CONAWAY:H.R. 8326.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Postal Clause in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7[Page H2960]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <title>H.R. 8326, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive in Willingboro, New Jersey, as the &amp;quot;James A. Cotten Post Office&amp;quot;</title>
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