[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 11, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H5319]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

       Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives, the following statements are submitted 
     regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the 
     Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint 
     resolution.

            By Mr. PETRI
        H.R. 4834
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 1, Clause 3, Clause 7 and Clause 18.
           By Mr. CONYERS
        H.R. 4835
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4.
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN
        H.R. 4836
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 permits Congress to make all laws 
     ``which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested 
     by this Constitution in the Government of the United 
     States.''
           By Mr. REICHERT
        H.R. 4837
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United 
     States Constitution
           By Mr. FATTAH
        H.R. 4838
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I Section 8 Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution, which states the United States Congress 
     shall have power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes''.
           By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas
        H.R. 4839
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority to enact this legislation can 
     be found in:
       Commerce Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 3)
       Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 18)
            By Mr. ISRAEL
       H.R. 4840
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mrs. KIRKPATRICK
        H.R. 4841
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, ``The Congress shall have 
     Power To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper 
     for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all 
     other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of 
     the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof''
            By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York
        H.R. 4842
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment 13 to the U.S. Constitution--Abolition of Slavery 
     ``Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a 
     punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly 
     convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place 
     subject to their jurisdiction.''
           By Ms. McCOLLUM
       H.R. 4843
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which gives Congress the 
     power ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper 
     for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers.''
            By Mr. MULLIN
        H.R. 4844
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress 
     shall have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. NUNES
        H.R. 4845
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States.
           By Mr. POLIS
        H.R. 4846
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United 
     States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws 
     necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in 
     Congress)
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2, (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting territory or other property belonging 
     to the United States).
            By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey
        H.R. 4847
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: Commercial Activity 
     Regulation
            By Mr. DeFAZIO
        H.R. 4848
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1

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