[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14928-14929]
[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. 5500.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 12,13,14,18
           By Mr. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 5501.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 5502.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Recognizing that numerous federal criminal law statutes 
     (through which federal civil asset forfeiture is enacted) 
     have dubious constitutional justifications, this reform bill 
     embeds and advances constitutional principles found in the 
     Fourth, Fifth and Tenth Amendment. The bill also derives it's 
     authority from Congress' Article 1, Section 8, Clause 9 
     authority to ``constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme 
     Court.'' This authority includes the rules and procedures 
     used by inferior federal courts.
            By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 5503.
       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. REICHERT:
       H.R. 5504.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``Amendment XVI to the Constitution of the United States: 
     The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on 
     incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment 
     among the several States, and without regard to any census or 
     enumeration.''
            By Mr. OLSON:
       H.R. 5505.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The 
     Congress shall have power to regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes.
           By Mr. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 5506.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 Office thereof.
           By Mr. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 5507.
       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. POCAN:
       H.R. 5508.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H.R. 5509.
       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. BYRNE:
       H.R. 5510.
       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. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 5511.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, 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. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 5512.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, 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 Ms. HAHN:
       H.R. 5513.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 5514.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the 
     Congress by Article I. Section 8, Clauses 3 and 8 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. KING of New York:
       H.R. 5515.
       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. LATTA:
       H.R. 5516.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. LEWIS:
       H.R. 5517.
       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. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 5518.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 5519.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Necessary and Proper Clause of Article 1 Section 8
           By Mr. POSEY:
       H.R. 5520.
       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. QUIGLEY:
       H.R. 5521.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 5522.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I
            By Ms. SLAUGHTER:
       H.R. 5523.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 5524.
       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 of the United States 
     Constitution.

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