[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 4190-4191]
[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. ROSKAM:
       H.R. 4187.
       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.''
            By Mr. RENACCI:
       H.R. 4188.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 the general welfare clause.
            By Mr. STIVERS:
       H.R. 4189.
       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 establish Post Offices and post 
     roads, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. GUTHRIE:
       H.R. 4190.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, 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; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States;
            By Mr. WALZ:
       H.R. 4191.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Section 8 of Article I of 
     the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 4192.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 17 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution To 
     exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over 
     such District
            By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 4193.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. ISSA:
       H.R. 4194.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18.
       ``To make all Law which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing powers . . .''
            By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 4195.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18.
       ``To make all Law which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing powers . . .''
            By Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio:
       H.R. 4196.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 4197.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States grants the Congress the power to enact this 
     law.
            By Mr. DENHAM:
       H.R. 4198.
       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. 4199.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       United States Constitution, Article I Section 8
            By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 4200.
       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.
       Additionally, Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution 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 amend any bill that has been passed by both 
     chambers and signed into law by the President.
            By Mr. DENHAM:
       H.R. 4201.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mr. HONDA:
       H.R. 4202.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 4203.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the 
     Congress by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. MAFFEI:
       H.R. 4204.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 and Clause 18 of Section 8, of 
     Article 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. PERLMUTTER:
       H.R. 4205.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following: Article IV, Section 1
            By Mr. REED:
       H.R. 4206.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. RICHMOND:
       H.R. 4207.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority for this bill stems from 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.

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