[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 16323-16324]
[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. HUNTER:
       H.R. 5769.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. MEEKS:
       H.R. 5770.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. CAMP:
       H.R. 5771.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clauses 1 and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. CONNOLLY:
       H.R. 5772.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, of The Constitution of the 
     United States of America
           By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 5773.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the United States 
     Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general 
     Welfare of the United States.''
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 5774.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 5775.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 3 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.

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           By Mr. PERLMUTTER:
       H.R. 5776.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
           By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 5777.
       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''
           By Ms. WILSON of Florida:
       H.R. 5778.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 18.

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