[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2951-2952]
[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.


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           By Mr. REICHERT:
       H.R. 4058.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general 
     Welfare of the United States.''
           By Mr. SCHNEIDER:
       H.R. 4059.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have 
     Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the 
     United States.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 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 Officer thereof.
           By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 4060.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests lies 
     in Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2 of the Constitution, which 
     allows for every bill passed by the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate and signed by the President to be codified 
     into law; and therefore implicitly allows Congress to repeal 
     any bill that has been passed by both chambers and signed 
     into law by the President.
       Additionally, the Constitution grants to Congress the 
     explicit power to regulate commerce in and among the states, 
     as enumerate in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce 
     Clause.
           By Mr. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 4061.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 4062.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. PAYNE:
       H.R. 4063.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution
       The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. SCALISE:
       H.R. 4064.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 13
           By Mr. SERRANO:
       H.R. 4065.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is introduced pursuant to Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, which states that 
     that ``The Congress shall have power . . . To regulate 
     commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, 
     and with the Indian tribes.'' In addition, this legislation 
     is introduced pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of 
     the Constitution, which states that Congress shall have the 
     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.''

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