[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2022]
[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. GARRETT:
       H.R. 3928.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (To regulate commerce with 
     foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the 
     Indian tribes); Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 (To coin 
     money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and 
     fix the standard of weights and measures); Article I, Section 
     8, Clause 6 (To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting 
     the securities and current coin of the United States); and 
     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 thereof).
           By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
       H.R. 3929.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United 
     States which grants Congress the authority to make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States.
           By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:
       H.R. 3930.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8--The Congress shall have the power to 
     provide for the common defense.
           By Mr. DENT:
       H.R. 3931.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 3932.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I. Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. COLLINS of New York:
       H.R. 3933.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4: To establish a uniform rule 
     of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of 
     bankruptcies throughout the United States;
           By Ms. GABBARD:
       H.R. 3934.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.
            By Mr. POCAN:
       H.R. 3935.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       United States Congress shall have power ``To regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes.'' Courts and commentators have 
     tended to discuss each of these three areas of commerce as a 
     separate power granted to Congress.

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