[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14529-14530]
[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. BARLETTA:
       H.R. 5448.
       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 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 clause 17 (relating to 
     authority over the district as the seat of government), 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. SHUSTER:
       H.R. 5449.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 3 (related to regulation of Commerce 
     among the several States).
           By Mr. ROYCE:
       H.R. 5450.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
           By Mr. POCAN:
       H.R. 5451.
       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. DUFFY:
       H.R. 5452.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section III, Clause II
       ``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. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H.R. 5453.
       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. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 5454.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8
           By Ms. HAHN:
       H.R. 5455.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: of the United 
     States Constitution, seen below, this bill falls within the 
     constitutional Authority of the United States Congress.
       Article 1: 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. 5456.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       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. MURPHY of Florida:
       H.R. 5457.
       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, Clause 1 of 
     the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. RUIZ:
       H.R. 5458.
       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. TONKO:
       H.R. 5459.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14
           By Mr. WALDEN:
       H.R. 5460.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, which 
     provides that ``The Congress shall have power to lay and 
     collect taxes, duties, imports and excises, to pay the debts 
     and provide for the common defense and general Welfare of the 
     United States.''

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