[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3953-3955]
[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. GARDNER:
       H.R. 6.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. SHUSTER:
       H.R. 4156.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 3 (related to regulation of Commerce 
     among the several States).
            By Mr. CRAWFORD:
       H.R. 4157.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the enumerated powers listed in Article I, Section 8, 
     which include the power to ``regulate commerce . . . among 
     the several States . . .''.
            By Mr. ROSKAM:
       H.R. 4158.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (a) Article I, Section 1, to exercise the legislative 
     powers vested in Congress as granted in the Constitution; and
       (b) Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which gives Congress 
     the authority ``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''; and
       (c) Article I, Section 9, Clause 7, which states that ``No 
     Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of 
     Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and 
     Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money 
     shall be published from time to time''; and
       (d) Article II, Section 2, Clause 2, which states that the 
     President, ``by and with the Advice and Consent of the 
     Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and 
     Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers 
     of the United States. . .''
            By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 4159.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mrs. ELLMERS:
       H.R. 4160.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may 
     not be limited to, Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ:
       H.R. 4161.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to provide for the general welfare of 
     the United States, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 4162.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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. SMITH of Washington:
       H.R. 4163.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 Clause 3--``To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and within the 
     Indian Tribes.''
            By Mr. HURT:
       H.R. 4164.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona:
       H.R. 4165.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 Clause 1, which reads: 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; Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, which reads: 
     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 Mr. THOMPSON of California:
       H.R. 4166.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution: 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 Mr. BARR:
       H.R. 4167.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 4168.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Ms. EDWARDS:
       H.R. 4169.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress is authorized to enact this legislation under the 
     Commerce Clause, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, ``to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several 
     States, and with the Indian Tribes.'' Additionally, Congress 
     has the authority to enact this legislation pursuant to the 
     Preamble of the Constitution, ``to promote the general 
     welfare.''
            By Mr. FATTAH:
       H.R. 4170.
       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 3 of the United 
     States Constitution, which states the United States Congress 
     shall have power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes''.
            By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 4171.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. GIBSON:
       H.R. 4172.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Ms. HAHN:
       H.R. 4173.
       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. ISSA:
       H.R. 4174.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
       To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
            By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut:
       H.R. 4175.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 7, section 8, of article I to establish Post Offices 
     and Post Roads, in combination with clause 18, section 8, 
     article I 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 Ms. LOFGREN:

       H.R. 4176.
       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. PAULSEN:

       H.R. 4177.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
            By Mr. POLIS:

       H.R. 4178.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. POLIS:

       H.R. 4179.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1 (relating to the general 
     welfare of the United States); and Article I, section 8, 
     clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate 
     commerce).
            By Mr. ROSS:

       H.R. 4180.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1:
       The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imports 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.
            By Mr. RUSH:

       H.R. 4181.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Sec. 8 of the United States Constitution--
       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; 
     . . .
            By Mr. SMITH of Missouri:

       H.R. 4182.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the constitution states 
     that: ``The Congress shall have the 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

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     claims of the United States, or of any particular state.''
            By Mr. TIERNEY:
       H.R. 4183.

       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
            By Ms. TITUS:
       H.R. 4184.

       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.


     

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