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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 125 (Thursday, July 30, 2026)][House][Pages H5207-H5208]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. BOEBERT:H.R. 9979.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:[[Page H5208]]clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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