[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 54 (Thursday, April 3, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H2908]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 4396.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives, I submit the following statement 
     regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in in the 
     Constitution to enact the accompanying bill cited as the 
     ``Religious Liberty Protection Act of 2014.''
       The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to ensure that Congress shall make no 
     law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting 
     the free exercise thereof as enumerated in the First 
     Amendment.