[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13783-13786]
[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 Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS:
       H.R. 5303.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Congress' legislative 
     powers under Article I, Section 8.
           By Ms. JENKINS:
       H.R. 5304.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8:
       The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.
           By Mr. PIERLUISI:
       H.R. 5305.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to establish uniform laws on the 
     subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the United 
     States Constitution; to make all laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into execution such power, 
     as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the 
     Constitution; and to make rules and regulations respecting 
     the U.S. territories, as enumerated in Article IV, Section 3, 
     Clause 2 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut:
       Hit. 5306.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut:
       H.R. 5307.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. FARENTHOLD:
       H.R. 5308.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Ms. BONAMICI:
       H.R. 5309.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California:
       H.R. 5310.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress in the United States Constitution under Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the general welfare of the 
     United States) and Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating 
     to the power to regulate interstate commerce).
           By Mr. POLIS:
       H.R. 5311.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically 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), 
     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. PRICE of North Carolina:
       H.R. 5312.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution provides 
     Congress with the authority to ``regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.''
           By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 5313.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 5314.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I; Section 8; Clause 1 of the Constitution states 
     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; 
     and
       Article I; Section 8; Clause 18 of the Constitution states 
     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 this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 5315.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII, 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.'' Also, Article I, Section VIII, Clause 12 ``To raise 
     and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use 
     shall be for a longer term than two years;
           By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 5316.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8. To establish an uniform Rule of 
     Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of 
     Bankruptcies throughout the United States.
           By Mr. JEFFRIES:
       H.R. 5317.
       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 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. GOSAR:
       H.R. 5318.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The sale, transport, delivery, harvesting and storing of 
     cadavers, body parts, human tissues and samples typically 
     involves interstate commerce in that the original cadaver and 
     harvested organs there from start in one state but are 
     shipped to suppliers in other states. The nature of the 
     tissue harvesting and transplant business is typically 
     national in scope as donors and donees are matched through 
     national databases and then the tissue and parts are shipped 
     among the states.
       The power to regulate inter-state commerce is set forth 
     Article I, Section 8 power to ``regulate commerce among the 
     several states.'' If the matter in question is not a purely 
     local matter (intra-state) or if it has an impact on inter-
     state commerce, it falls within the Congressional power to 
     regulate interstate commerce. National Federation of 
     Independent Business v. Sebelius (2012).
           By Mr. HULTGREN:
       H.R. 5319.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, as this legislation 
     regulates commerce between the states.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, providing Congress with 
     the authority to enact legislation necessary to execute one 
     of its enumerated powers, such as Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3.
           By Mr. BACHUS:
       H.R. 5320.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 (``To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes'')
           By Mr. BENISHEK:
       H.R. 5321.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 5322.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section
           By Mr. BUTTERFIELD:
       H.R. 5323.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, 
     Congress has the power to collect taxes and expend funds to 
     provide for the general welfare of the United States. 
     Congress may also make laws that are necessary and proper for 
     carrying into execution their powers enumerated under Article 
     I.
           By Mrs. CAPPS:
       H.R. 5324.
       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. CARDENAS:
       H.R. 5325.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I. Section I. All legislative Powers herein granted 
     shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which 
     shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
           By Mr. CASSIDY:
       H.R. 5326.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress as stated in Article I, Section 8 of 
     the United States Constitution.

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           By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 5327.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 5328.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 1, of the United States 
     Constitution
       This states that ``Congress shall have power to . . . lay 
     and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the 
     debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare 
     of the United States.''
           By Mr. CONAWAY:
       H.R. 5329.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to 
     Congress under Article I, section 8, clause 3, that grants 
     Congress the power to regulate commerce among the several 
     states.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 5330.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. COOK:
       H.R. 5331.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 5332.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. DAINES:
       H.R. 5333.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution 
     reserves to Congress the power to raise and support Armies 
     and provide and maintain a Navy, as well as make Rules for 
     the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.
           By Mr. DELANEY:
       H.R. 5334.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4, Clause 1;
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. DEUTCH:
       H.R. 5335.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
       H.R. 5336.
       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 I, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution (clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), which 
     grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to 
     provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government 
     and regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for 
     organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to make 
     all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the foregoing 
     powers.''
           By Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee:
       H.R. 5337.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3:
       3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
           By Ms. EDWARDS:
       H.R. 5338.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress is authorized to enact this legislation under the 
     Commerce Clause, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, ``to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several 
     States, and with the Indian Tribes.'' Additionally, Congress 
     has the authority to enact this legislation pursuant to the 
     Preamble of the Constitution, ``to promote the general 
     welfare''
           By Mr. FOSTER:
       H.R. 5339.
       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 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Ms. FRANKEL of Florida:
       H.R. 5340.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. GALLEGO:
       H.R. 5341.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, which allows Congress to lay and 
     collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts 
     and provide for the common defense and general welfare.
            By Mr. HECK of Nevada:
       H.R. 5342.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 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 the Constitution in the Government of the United States, 
     or in any Department or officer thereof.
           By Mr. HONDA:
       H.R. 5343.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. HONDA:
       H.R. 5344.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. KIND:
       H.R. 5345.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8.
           By Mr. KIND:
       H.R. 5346.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8.
            By Mr. KIND:
       H.R. 5347.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8.
            By Mr. KING of New York:
       H.R. 5348.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is authorized by the United States 
     Constitution under Article I, Section 8, ``Congress shall 
     have the power . . . To define and punish piracies and 
     felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the 
     law of nations;''
           By Mr. LATTA:
       H.R. 5349.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces;
       And
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
       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. LATTA:
       H.R. 5350.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
            By Mr. LATTA:
       H.R. 5351.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces;
       And
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
       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 Ms. LEE of California:
       H.R. 5352.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Mr. LEWIS:
       H.R. 5353.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
            By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 5354.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, which reads: The Congress 
     shall have Power * * * To make all Laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into Excution 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 Mr. McALLISTER:
       H.R. 5355.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. McALLISTER:
       H.R. 5356.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. McKEON:
       H.R. 5357.
       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 I, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 18, relating to the 
     power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out 
     the powers vested in Congress.
            By Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 5358.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the 
     Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this 
     legislation to enact this legislation 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. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 5359.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. MULVANEY:
       H.R. 5360.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. ``To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.''
       Article I Section 8, Clause 4. ``To establish a uniform 
     rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of 
     bankruptcies throughout the United States.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 8. ``To Promote the progress 
     of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to 
     authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective 
     writings and discoveries.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 9. ``To constitute tribunals 
     inferior to the Supreme Court.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14. ``To make Rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. ``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.''
       Article III, Section 1, Clause 1. ``The judicial power of 
     the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and 
     in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time 
     ordain and establish.''
       Article III, Section 2. ``The judicial power shall extend 
     to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this 
     Constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties 
     made, or which shall be made, under their authority;--to all 
     cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and 
     consuls;--to all cases of admiralty and maritime 
     jurisdiction;--to controversies to which the United States 
     shall be a party;--to controversies between two or more 
     states;--between a state and citizens of another state;--
     between citizens of different states;--between citizens of 
     the same state claiming lands under grants of different 
     states, and between a state, or the citizens thereof, and 
     foreign states, citizens or subjects.
       In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers 
     and consuls, and those in which a state shall be party, the 
     Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all the 
     other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have 
     appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such 
     exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall 
     make.''
       Article IV, Section 3. ``The Congress shall have power to 
     dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations 
     respecting the territory or other property belonging to the 
     United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so 
     construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or 
     of any particular state.''
           By Mr. MURPHY of Florida:
       H.R. 5361.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 section 8 Constitution of the United States, 
     which states the Congress shall have power to lay and collect 
     taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and 
     provide for the common defense and general welfare of the 
     United States.
           By Mr. MURPHY of Florida:
       H.R. 5362.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 section 8 Constitution of the United States, 
     which states, the Congress shall have power to lay and 
     collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts 
     and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the 
     United States.
           By Mrs. NAPOLITANO:
       H.R. 5363.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, clause 1 and clause 18 of the 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 5364.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8
           By Mr. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 5365.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. PETERS of Michigan:
       H.R. 5366.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United 
     States
           By Mr. POSEY:
       H.R. 5367.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States:
       To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the 
     several states, and with the Indian tribes;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 9 of the Constitution of the 
     United States:
       To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 10 of the Constitution of the 
     United States:
       To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the 
     high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States:
       To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the forgoing Powers, and all other 
     Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States or in any Department or Officer thereof;
       Amendment V
       No person shall be . . . deprived of life, liberty, or 
     property, without due process of law.
           By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD:
       H.R. 5368.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. ROYCE:
       H.R. 5369.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The principal constitutional authority for legislation is 
     Article 1, Section 8: to provide for the common Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States.
           By Mr. RUIZ:
       H.R. 5370.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all 
     laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of 
     Congress.
           By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 5371.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7--``No Money shall be drawn 
     from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made 
     by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of Receipts and 
     Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time 
     to time.''
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 5372.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 5373.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. SCHOCK:
       H.R. 5374.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have 
     Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the 
     United States . . .''
           By Ms. SCHWARTZ:
       H.R. 5375.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
           By Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia:
       H.R. 5376.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. SERRANO:
       H.R. 5377.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the Constitution, which 
     states that that ``The Congress shall have Power . . . . . To 
     establish Post Offices and post roads.'' In addition, this 
     legislation is introduced pursuant to Article I, Section 8,

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     Clause 18 of the Constitution, which states that Congress 
     shall have the power ``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 Ms. SINEMA:
       H.R. 5378.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 5379.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clauses 3 and 18 of the Constitution
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California:
       H.R. 5380.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 6
       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 this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. TIBERI:
       H.R. 5381.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. TIBERI:
       H.R. 5382.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
           By Ms. TITUS:
       H.R. 5383.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. VALADAO:
       H.R. 5384.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3.
           By Mrs. WAGNER:
       H.R. 5385.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7
       The Congress shall have Power * * * To establish Post 
     Offices and post roads.
           By Mrs. WAGNER:
       H.R. 5386.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7
       The Congress shall have Power * * * To establish Post 
     Offices and post roads.
           By Mrs. WAGNER:
       H.R. 5387.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7
       The Congress shall have Power * * * To establish Post 
     Offices and post roads.
           By Mr. WELCH:
       H.R. 5388.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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 this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof..
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 5389.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
           By Mr. MARINO:
       H.J. Res. 122.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V: ``The Congress, whenever two thirds of both 
     Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to 
     the Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures 
     of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention 
     for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be 
     valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this 
     Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three 
     fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three 
     fourths thereof''

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