[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 1649-1650]
[From the U.S. 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. REICHERT:
        H.R. 3877.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article 1, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to 
     providing 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), 
     and Article IV, section 3, clause 2 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States).''
           By Mr. JEFFRIES:
        H.R. 3878.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the United States 
     Constitution related to general welfare of the United States.
            By Mrs. KIRKPATRICK:
        H.R. 3879.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I. Section 8, 18 To make all Laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into Executive the foreging 
     powers, and all other Powers vested in this constitution in 
     the Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer therefore.
            By Mr. CARNEY:
        H.R. 3880.
        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.
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1
       All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and 
     subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the 
     United States and the State wherein they reside. No State 
     shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the 
     privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; 
     nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or 
     property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person 
     within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5
       The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate 
     legislation, the provisions of this article.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.
            By Mr. CARNEY:
        H.R. 3881.
        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.
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1
       All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and 
     subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the 
     United States and the State wherein they reside. No State 
     shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the 
     privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; 
     nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or 
     property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person 
     within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5
       The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate 
     legislation, the provisions of this article.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.
            By Mr. CARNEY:
        H.R. 3882.
        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

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     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.
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1
       All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and 
     subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the 
     United States and the State wherein they reside. No State 
     shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the 
     privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; 
     nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or 
     property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person 
     within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5
       The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate 
     legislation, the provisions of this article.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.
            By Mr. GRAYSON:
        H.R. 3883.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation, including 
     rectifying actual and potential violations of the 4th and 5th 
     Amendments, pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. PASCRELL:
        H.R. 3884.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. DENT:
        H.R. 3885.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. DeFAZIO:
        H.R. 3886.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 and Article IV, Section 3 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. ROTHFUS:
        H.R. 3887.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 3888.
        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, Clauses 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. CROWLEY:
        H.R. 3889.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. PAULSEN:
        H.R. 3890.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
            By Ms. TITUS:
        H.R. 3891.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Ms. WILSON of Florida:
        H.R. 3892.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Student Loan Borrowers' Bill of Rights Act of 2013 is 
     constitutional under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (the 
     Commerce Clause) of the United States Constitution, in 
     conjuncture with Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 (the 
     Necessary and Proper Clause) of the Constitution.

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