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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 3, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. WESTERMAN:H.R. 1230.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Sec. 8, Clause 1. General Welfare Clause.The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniformthroughout the United States;[Page H1567]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Government Employee Pension Reform Act of 2015 </strong></p> <p>This bill revises the definition of &quot;average pay&quot; for purposes of federal employee pensions under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System to mean the largest annual rate resulting from averaging rates of base pay over any five (currently, three) consecutive years of creditable service. This change will take effect on January 1, 2017. </p>]]></text>
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