[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14164-14165]
[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. GOWDY:
       H.R. 5401.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4.
           By Mr. FARENTHOLD:
       H.R. 5402.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution, in that the legislation

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     exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that 
     clause ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with Indian tribes;'' Article I, 
     Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in 
     that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to 
     Congress by that clause ``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;'' and, Article III of the 
     United States Constitution, in that the legislation defines 
     or affects powers of the Judiciary that are subject to 
     legislation by Congress.
           By Mr. STUTZMAN:
       H.R. 5403.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitutio 
     which gives Congress the authority to regulate commerce with 
     foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the 
     Indian tribes.
           By Mr. DENHAM:
       H.R. 5404.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 5405.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 5406.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 10, 11, and 15
           By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 5407.
       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. BACHMANN:
       H.R. 5408.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 and Article 1, Section 9, 
     Clause 1
           By Mr. BARLETTA:
       H.R. 5409.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York:
       H.R. 5410.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mrs. ELLMERS:
       H.R. 5411.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Commerce Clause: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power ``to regulate 
     commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, 
     and with the Indian tribes.''
            By Mr. HASTINGS of Washington:
       H.R. 5412.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 18
            By Mr. JOLLY:
       H.R. 5413.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1, Section 8 of Article 1 of the United State 
     Constitution which reads: ``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; but all Duties and Imposts and 
     Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''
            By Mr. TIPTON:
       H.R. 5414.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution: to make rules for 
     the government and regulation of the land.
            By Mr. WOLF:
       H.R. 5415.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests in 
     the preamble of the Constitution providing for the ``common 
     defense'' and in the powers governing national security in 
     Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. WOLF:
       H.R. 5416.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests in 
     the preamble of the Constitution providing for the ``common 
     defense'' and in the powers governing national security in 
     Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. ISSA:
       H.J. Res. 123.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this joint resolution 
     rests is the power of Congress as enumerated in Article I 
     Section 8, Clause 11

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