[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 24, 2017)]
[House]
[Pages H687-H688]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mrs. BLACK:
        H.R. 644.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill makes specific changes to existing law in a 
     manner that provides conscience protections in accord with 
     the 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution. Further, 
     this bill creates a private right of action in federal court 
     in accord with Clause 9

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     of Section 8 of Article I, of the United States Constitution. 
     Similarly, this bill provides for preventing disbursement of 
     all or a portion of certain Federal financial assistance in 
     accord with Clause 1, Section 8 Article 1.