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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. YODER:H.R. 4654.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted Congressunder Article I of the United States Constitution, including:the power granted Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause18, of the United States Constitution, and the power grantedto the House of Representatives specifically Clause 3.[Page H4060]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Lower Electric Bill Act of 2014 - Delays the implementation, administration, or enforcement of the standards for mercury and hazardous air pollutants emitted from new power plants published on February 16, 2012. (The final rule entitled, &quot;National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units and Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Electric Utility, Industrial-Commercial-Institutional, and Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units&quot; is delayed until the later of five years after enactment of this Act or the date on which the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] completes a study on the economic impacts on local communities.)</p>]]></text>
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