[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2590-2591]
[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. SARBANES:
       H.R. 20.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution under the 
     General Welfare Clause.
            By Mr. SIMPSON:
       H.R. 3992.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

[[Page 2591]]

       ``The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to the 
     power of Congress to provide for the general welfare of the 
     United States) and clause 18 (relating to the power to make 
     all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers 
     vested in Congress), and Article IV, section 3, clause 2 
     (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all 
     needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or 
     other property belonging to the United States).''
            By Mr. BENTIVOLIO:
       H.R. 3993.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section. 6.
       The Senators and Representatives shall receive a 
     Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, 
     and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall 
     in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, 
     be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the 
     Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and 
     returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in 
     either House, they shall not be questioned in any other 
     Place.
       27th Amendment
       No law, varying the compensation for the services of the 
     Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an 
     election of Representatives shall have intervened.
            By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.R. 3994.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article IV, section 3, clause 2 
     (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all 
     needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or 
     other property belonging to the United States).
            By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H.R. 3995.
       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, Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas:
       H.R. 3996.
       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 provide for the common Defence'', 
     ``to raise and support Armies'', ``to provide and maintain a 
     Navy'' and ``to make Rules for the Government and Regulation 
     of the land and naval Forces'' as enumerated in Article I, 
     section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. HIGGINS:
       H.R. 3997.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
       H.R. 3998.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 3999.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       The Congress shall have Power * * * To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. MESSER:
       H.R. 4000.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, which states in part that 
     ``Congress shall have power to provide for the . . . general 
     welfare of the United States'' and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18, which empowers Congress ``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 or Officer thereof.''
            By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan:
       H.R. 4001.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, specifically 
     Clause 1 and Clause 3.
            By Mr. MULLIN:
       H.R. 4002.
       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, Clause 3: The Congress 
     shall have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
            By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 4003.
       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. WAXMAN:
       H.R. 4004.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The power granted to Congress under the Commerce Clause of 
     Article I of the Constitution.

                          ____________________