[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15892-15893]
[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. LAMBORN:
       H.R. 5727.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution
           By Mr. UPTON:
       H.R. 5728.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 5729.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority in which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to regulate Commerce as enumerated 
     by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 as applied to healthcare.
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 5730.
       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. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 5731.
       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. DEUTCH:
       H.R. 5732.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 5733.
       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 the Receipts 
     and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from 
     time to time.
           By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 5734.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article 1, 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 Ms. MENG:
       H.R. 5735.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 5736.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 and Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3.

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