[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2190-2191]
[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. BROUN of Georgia:
       H.R. 3958.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution 
     (Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16), which grants Congress the power 
     to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy; 
     to make rules for the government and regulation of the land 
     and naval forces; and to provide for organizing, arming, and 
     disciplining the militia.
           By Ms. BONAMICI:
       H.R. 3959.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia:
       H.R. 3960.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Sec. 3, Clause 2, The Congress shall have Power 
     to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations 
     respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the 
     United States.
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 3961.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. DAINES:
       H.R. 3962.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 3963.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 7 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. VALADAO:
       H.R. 3964.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 1, 3, and 18 of section 8 and clause 7 of section 9 
     of article I, of the Constitution of the United States.
           By Mr. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 3965.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 US Constitution
           By Mr. PIERLUISI:
       H.R. 3966.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to provide for the general welfare 
     of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; to make all laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     execution such power, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 of the Constitution; and to make rules and 
     regulations respecting the U.S. territories, as enumerated in 
     Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. PIERLUISI:
       H.R. 3967.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, 
     imposts and excises and to provide for the general welfare of 
     the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; to make all laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     execution such power, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 of the Constitution; and to make rules and 
     regulations respecting the U.S. territories, as enumerated in 
     Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. PIERLUISI:
       H.R. 3968.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, 
     imposts and excises and to provide for the general welfare of 
     the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; to make all laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     execution such power, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 of the Constitution; and to make rules and 
     regulations respecting the U.S. territories, as enumerated in 
     Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio:
       H.R. 3969.
       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. DOGGETT:
       H.R. 3970.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 3971.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1:
       ``Congress shall have Power To [.  .  .] provide for the 
     common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . 
     .''
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 3972.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. DeSANTIS:
       H.R. 3973.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
       H.R. 3974.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
       ``. . . and provide for the common defense and general 
     welfare of the United States . . .''
       ``. . . to make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers . . 
     .''
       This legislation seeks to extend the TRICARE eligibility of 
     military dependent children to age 26. Therefore, it will 
     affect the common defense and general welfare of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. OWENS:
       H.R. 3975.

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       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, of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. RUIZ:
       H.R. 3976.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 3977.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution as well as the 
     16th Amendment.
           By Mr. SIRES:
       H.R. 3978.
       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 of the United States 
     Constitution.

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