[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3582]
[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 Mrs. NEGRETE McLEOD:
       H.R. 4104.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
            By Mr. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 4105.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. BARR:
       H.R. 4106.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
       Article III, Section 1
       Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
            By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 4107.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1.
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
       H.R. 4108.
       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, Clauses 1 and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. CAPUANO:
       H.R. 4109.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 1; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of 
     the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
       H.R. 4110.
       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, Clauses 1, 3, and 18 of 
     the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
       H.R. 4111.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
       ``. . . and provide for the . . . general welfare of the 
     United States . . .''
       ``. . . to make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers . . 
     .''
       This legislation seeks to reform the Social Security 
     Disability Insurance program. Therefore, it will affect the 
     general welfare of the United States.
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
       H.R. 4112.
       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, Clauses 1, 3, and 18 of 
     the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 4113.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 4114.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. NOLAN:
       H.R. 4115.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       The clause states that the United States Congress shall 
     have power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
            By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 4116.
       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. RANGEL:
       H.R. 4117.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article XVI of the Constitution--Congress shall have power 
     to lay and collect taxes on incomes . . .

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