[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2755]
[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. BARR:
       H.R. 4021.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution which 
     states in part:
       ``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. LYNCH:
       H.R. 4022.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. MATHESON:
       H.R. 4023.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mrs. CAPITO:
       H.R. 4024.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the constitutional authority to enact this 
     legislation pursuant to the power granted under Article I, 
     Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically 
     Clause 3 (related to regulation of Commerce among the 
     States).
            By Mr. KEATING:
       H.R. 4025.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. BROWNLEY of California:
       H.R. 4026.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. CRAWFORD:
       H.R. 4027.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 1 and 2 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
       Article V of the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress 
     the authority to propose Constitutional amendments.
            By Ms. MENG:
       H.R. 4028.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. SMITH of Missouri:
       H.R. 4029.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 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; and nothing in this 
     Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims 
     of the United States, or of any particular state.''
            By Ms. WILSON of Florida:
       H.R. 4030.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. ROYCE:
       H.J. Res. 109.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution

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