[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 4419-4420]
[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. WAGNER:
       H.R. 4225.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes.''
       Additional authority derives from Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 of the United States Constitution: ``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. ROYCE:
       H.R. 4226.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. 
     Constitution to regulate commerce.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California:
       H.R. 4227.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina:
       H.R. 4228.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the 
     Constitution enumerates to Congress the power to ``provide 
     for the common defense and general welfare of the United 
     States.'' This legislation sets out parameters reforming the 
     way that the Department of Homeland Security purchases the 
     equipment and services it needs to defend the homeland.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 4229.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
           By Mr. RUNYAN:
       H.R. 4230.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 4231.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7--``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 Ms. GABBARD:
       H.R. 4232.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York:
       H.R. 4233.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. BUCSHON:
       H.R. 4234.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: 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 Mrs. BUSTOS:
       H.R. 4235.
       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 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 4236.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8
           By Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee:
       H.R. 4237.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. HARRIS:
       H.R. 4238.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 which states that the 
     Congress has power ``to regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States . . .''
           By Mr. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 4239.
       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 Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout 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 Office thereof.
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: 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 Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
       H.R. 4240.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. LYNCH:
       H.R. 4241.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 section 8 Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. NOLAN:
       H.R. 4242.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, which states that ``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 Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 4243.
       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. PETERS of Michigan:
       H.R. 4244.
       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 Defence and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.
           By Mr. QUIGLEY:
       H.R. 4245.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. REICHERT:
       H.R. 4246.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3, of Section 8, of Article I of the Constitution, 
     which states that the United States Congress shall have power 
     ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and

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     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
           By Mr. RUIZ:
       H.R. 4247.
       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. TAKANO:
       H.R. 4248.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Ms. TITUS:
       H.R. 4249.
       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.
           By Mr. WHITFIELD:
       H.R. 4250.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have 
     Power *** to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.


     

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