[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2875-2876]
[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. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 4031.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. HALL:
       H.R. 4032.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18.
           By Mr. CARDENAS:
       H.R. 4033.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1.
       All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a 
     Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a 
     Senate and House of Representatives.
           By Mr. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 4034.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. 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. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 4035.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 4036.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article 1, Section VIII, 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 
     defense and general welfare of the United States . . .'' In 
     addition, Article I, Section VIII, Clause 14 provides, ``To 
     make rules for the government and regulation of the land and 
     naval forces.'' Lastly, Article I, Section VIII, Clause 16 
     states ``The Congress shall have Power To provide for 
     organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for 
     governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service 
     of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, 
     the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of 
     training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed 
     by Congress.''
           By Mr. FLORES:
       H.R. 4037.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. FLORES:
       H.R. 4038.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. COSTA:
       H.R. 4039.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 7 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of 
     the Constitution
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 4040.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 (relating to the power of Congress to 
     lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay 
     the debts and provide for the common defense and general 
     welfare of the United States).
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 4041.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution
           By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 4042.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the explicit power of Congress to regulate commerce in and 
     among the states, as enumerate in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. ROTHFUS:
       H.R. 4043.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H.R. 4044.
       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. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 4045.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. COHEN:
       H.R. 4046.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. CULBERSON:
       H.R. 4047.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article III, Section 2, Clause 1 & the Tenth Amendment.
           By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 4048.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: ``To 
     regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among several 
     States, and with the Indian Tribes.''

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       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution: ``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. DUFFY:
       H.R. 4049.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution: ``To 
     exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over 
     such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by 
     Cession of Particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, 
     become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and 
     to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the 
     Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same 
     shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, 
     dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;''
           By Mr. HECK of Washington:
       H.R. 4050.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I
           By Mr. LOEBSACK:
       H.R. 4051.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1
           By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico
       H.R. 4052.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, located at section 8, clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution
           By Mrs. NEGRETE McLEOD:
       H.R. 4053.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 the Constitution in the Government of 
     the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof''
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 4054.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 4055.
       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. PETERS of Michigan:
       H.R. 4056.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United 
     States
           By Mr. PETERS of Michigan:
       H.R. 4057.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. LANKFORD:
       H.J. Res. 110.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution:
       No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any 
     Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of 
     Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another 
     State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless 
     actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not 
     admit of delay.

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