[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2630-2631]
[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. HUNTER:
       H.R. 4005.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 4006.
       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. MEEHAN:
       H.R. 4007.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1; and Article I, section 8, 
     clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States
            By Mr. GINGREY of Georgia:
       H.R. 4008.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment X of the Constitution, that states, ``The powers 
     not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor 
     prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States 
     respectively, or to the people.''
            By Mr. ROSKAM:
       H.R. 4009.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7.
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 4010.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I; Section 8; Clause 1 of the Constitution 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 . 
     . .
            By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 4011.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Sec. 8
       To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
            By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:
       H.R. 4012.
       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.
       and
       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 Powers, and all other Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       H.R. 4013.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution of 
     the United States
            By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 4014.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 4015.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 4016.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. HECK of Nevada:
       H.R. 4017.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution: 
     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 this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mrs. KIRKPATRICK:
       H.R. 4018.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I. Section 8--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 or Office thereof.

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            By Mr. MURPHY of Florida:
       H.R. 4019.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article 1 Section 8 Clause 
     1 of the United States Constitution, which states that 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.
            By Ms. PINGREE of Maine:
       H.R. 4020.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1, of Section 8, of Article I of the Constitution
       Amendment XVI to the Constitution

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