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            By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
        H.R. 1669.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . 
     . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .''