[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4564]
[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. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 4251.
       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. ROTHFUS:
       H.R. 4252.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States ``[t]o regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
           By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.R. 4253.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     found in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States 
     Constitution which states, ``The Congress shall have the 
     Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and 
     Regulations respecting the Territory of other Property 
     belonging to the United States''. Additional constitutional 
     authority lies with the power of Congress ``to provide for 
     the common Defence'', ``to raise and support Armies'', ``to 
     provide and maintain a Navy'' and ``to make Rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces'' as 
     enumerated in Article I, section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. ROYCE:
       H.R. 4254.
       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 this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any 
     Department or Officers thereof.''
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 4255.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I; Section 8; Clause 3 of the Constitution states 
     The Congress shall have Power To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes . . . And Article I; Section 8; Clause 4 of the 
     Constitution states The Congress shall have Power To 
     establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws 
     on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States . 
     . .
           By Mr. STEWART:
       H.R. 4256.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 allows Congress ``[t]o 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.''
       Article IV, Section 3 ``The Congress shall have 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 Claims of the United States, or 
     of any particular State.''
       Article X ``The powers not delegated to the United States 
     by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are 
     reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.''
           By Mr. CALVERT:
       H.R. 4257.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, 
     specifically Clauses 1 (relating to providing for the general 
     welfare of the United States) and 18 (relating to the power 
     to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress) of such section.
       OR
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 18.
           By Mrs. NAPOLITANO:
       H.R. 4258.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.
           By Ms. DelBENE:
       H.R. 4259.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mrs. ELLMERS:
       H.R. 4260.
       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. Congress shall have the power to 
     provide for the general Welfare of the United States as long 
     as it is applied uniformly throughout the United States. In 
     this case, the Ryan White Program provides for the general 
     Welfare of a class of people nationwide.
           By Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 4261.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 4262.
       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 this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana:
       H.R. 4263.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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 this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 4264.
       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. HUNTER:
       H.R. 4265.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     which provides Congress with the power to regulate commerce 
     and relations between the United States and Native American 
     Tribes.
           By Ms. MATSUI:
       H.R. 4266.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. McALLISTER:
       H.R. 4267.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. NUNNELEE:
       H.R. 4268.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 17.
           By Mr. POLIS:
       H.R. 4269.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United 
     States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws 
     necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in 
     Congress)
           By Mr. RENACCI:
       H.R. 4270.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: 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.
       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 Mr. RUIZ:
       H.R. 4271.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 18 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution
           By Mr. WALDEN:
       H.R. 4272.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States).
           By Mr. WALDEN:
       H.R. 4273.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.

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