[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18726-18727]
[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. 5848.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.)
            By Mr. GRAYSON:
        H.R. 5849.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. GRAYSON:
        H.R. 5850.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
        H.R. 5851.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 5852.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
        H.R. 5853.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. GRAYSON:
        H.R. 5854.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. GRAYSON:
        H.R. 5855.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. GRAYSON:
        H.R. 5856.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. DeLANEY:
       H.R. 5857.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
       H.R. 5858.
        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, Clauses 1, 3, and 18 of 
     the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. GERLACH:
        H.R. 5859.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 3.
            By Mr. BOUSTANY:
        H.R. 5860.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3--Business/Labor Regulation--
     The Congress shall have Power * * * To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. CAMP:
       H.R. 5861.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution: The Congress shall have the power to regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes

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           By Mrs. CAPPS:
        H.R. 5862.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, which reads: ``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 the Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States or in any Department or Officer thereof''
           By Mr. CARSON of Indiana:
        H.R. 5863.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. CARSON of Indiana:
       H.R. 5864.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. CLEAVER:
        H.R. 5865.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. COHEN:
        H.R. 5866.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 1 and 3 of Article I, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution
           By Mr. DAINES:
       H.R. 5867.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. ELLISON:
        H.R. 5868.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 . . . To regulate commerce with 
     foreign nations, and among the several states . . .
            By Mr. GRAYSON:
        H.R. 5869.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. GRAYSON:
        H.R. 5870.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. GRAYSON:
        H.R. 5871.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. HARRIS:
        H.R. 5872.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution which reads: ``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 and Imposts and 
     Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''
            By Mr. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 5873.
        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. ISRAEL:
        H.R. 5874.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. KIND:
        H.R. 5875.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8.
           By Mr. MEEKS:
        H.R. 5876.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution
            By Mr. MEEKS:
        H.R. 5877.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution provides the 
     legislative authority of Congress.
            By Mr. PITTS:
        H.R. 5878.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress ``To regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes:'' as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD:
        H.R. 5879.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. SHERMAN:
        H.R. 5880.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. STIVERS:
        H.R. 5881.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (General Welfare of the 
     United States)
       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. STOCKMAN:
        H.R. 5882.
        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 Mr. STOCKMAN:
        H.R. 5883.
        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 Mr. STOCKMAN:
        H.R. 5884.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment IV of the United States Constitution states ``The 
     right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, 
     papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and 
     seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, 
     but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, 
     and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the 
     persons or things to be seized.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
        H.R. 5885.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
        H.R. 5886.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3

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