[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 625]
[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. LATTA:
       H.R. 3862.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. BRADY of Texas:
       H.R. 3863.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution which 
     outlines Congress' authority ``to regulate commerce . . . 
     among the several states.'' This is where Congress derives 
     its regulatory powers.
            By Mr. RENACCI:
       H.R. 3864.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, 
     whereby Congress shall have the power ``[t]o provide for the 
     common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''
       As affirmed by Justice Benjamin Cardozo in Steward Machine 
     Company v. Davis, 301 U.S. 548 (1937), upholding the 
     constitutionality of unemployment benefits.
            By Mr. CAMP:
       H.R. 3865.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clauses 1 and 18.
            By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 3866.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 3867.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8. ``The Congress shall have the Power . 
     . . to coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign 
     Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;''
            By Mr. ROYCE:
       H.R. 3868.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. BISHOP of New York:
       H.R. 3869.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 3870.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitution of the United States provides clear 
     authority for Congress to pass tax legislation. Article I of 
     the Constitution, in detailing Congressional authority, 
     provides that ``Congress shall have Power to lay and collect 
     Taxes . . .'' (Section 8, Clause 1). This legislation is 
     introduced pursuant to that grant of authority.
            By Mr. BOUSTANY:
       H.R. 3871.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. HANNA:
       H.R. 3872.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     enumerated in Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. HONDA:
       H.R. 3873.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. HUDSON:
       H.R. 3874.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
       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, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mr. SCHIFF:
       H.R. 3875.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Telephone Metadata Reform Act is constitutionally 
     authorized under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce 
     Clause and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and 
     Proper Clause. Additionally, the Preamble to the Constitution 
     provides support of the authority to enact legislation to 
     promote the General Welfare.
            By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 3876.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 18)

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