[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3294-3295]
[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. BARBER:
       H.R. 4075.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. SHUSTER:
       H.R. 4076.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 1 (related to general Welfare of the 
     United States), and Clause 3 (related to regulation of 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with Indian tribes).
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 4077.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 4078.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia:
       H.R. 4079.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 8 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 4080.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, Section Eight, Clause One
       ``The Congress shall have the 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; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be 
     uniform throughout the United States.''
       Article One, Section Eight, Clause Three
       ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
           By Mr. COLLINS of New York:
       H.R. 4081.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 6, Clauses 1 and 18 of the Constitution 
     of the United States.
           By Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee:
       H.R. 4082.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. GIBSON:
       H.R. 4083.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution--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. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H.R. 4084.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: 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. HIMES:
       H.R. 4085.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``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. KILDEE:
       H.R. 4086.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. KILDEE:
       H.R. 4087.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. KILDEE:
       H.R. 4088.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
       H.R. 4089.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution. The authority to enact this legislation is also 
     derived from Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution.

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