[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16545]
[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. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 5783.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 2: The Congress shall have 
     power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, 
     to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and 
     general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts 
     and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate commerce with 
     foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the 
     Indian tribes;
            By Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 5784.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is authorized by Congress' power to ``provide for 
     the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States'' 
     pursuant to Article I, section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 5785.
       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. LANKFORD:
       H.R. 5786.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the explicit constitutional authority to 
     regulate commerce ``with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with Indian tribes:'' as enumerated in 
     Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 5787.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, which states ``The Congress shall 
     have Power To lay and collect Taxes. . .,'' and Article I, 
     Section 7, which states ``All Bills for raising Revenue shall 
     originate in the House of Representatives.''
            By Mr. HUELSKAMP:
       H.R. 5788.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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 Powes, and all 
     other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of 
     hte United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof''
            By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 5789.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. YOUNG of Indiana:
       H.R. 5790.
       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 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
             

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