[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14434-14435]
[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. FITZPATRICK:
        H.R. 5431.
        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. CARTWRIGHT:
        H.R. 5432.
       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; 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, 
     but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a 
     longer Term than two Years. Article I, Section 8, Clause 13: 
     To provide and maintain a Navy.
            By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 5433.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 ``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. COLLINS of Georgia:
       H.R. 5434.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, which states that Congress 
     has the power to establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization.
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 5435.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under the following provisions of the United States 
     Constitution:
       Article I, Section 1
           By Mr. GIBSON:
       H.R. 5436.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1, of section 8, of article 1.
           By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 5437.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const art. I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8.
            By Mr. GRIMM:
       H.R. 5438.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Sixteenth Amendment
       Congress shall have power to levy, or repeal, taxes on 
     incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment 
     among the several States
            By Ms. KAPTUR:
        H.R. 5439.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. MARCHANT:
        H.R. 5440.
       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 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 5441.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. POCAN:
        H.R. 5442.
        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. POCAN:
       H.R. 5443.
       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. POCAN:
        H.R. 5444.
       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.

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           By Mr. RICHMOND:
       H.R. 5445.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority for this bill stems from 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 and from Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. ROYCE:
       H.R. 5446.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. 
     Constitution to regulate commerce.
           By Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia:
       H.R. 5447.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have power to law 
     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;

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