[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4793-4794]
[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. MATHESON:
       H.R. 4290.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. ROGERS of Michigan:
       H.R. 4291.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
     United States government including those under Title 50 and 
     the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as 
     amended, are carried out to support the national security 
     interests of the United States, to support and assist the 
     armed forces of the United States, and to support the 
     President in the execution of the foreign policy of the 
     United States.
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States provides, in pertinent part, that ``Congress shall 
     have power . . . to pay the debts and provide for the common 
     defense and general welfare of the United States''; ``. . . 
     to raise and support armies . . .''; ``to constitute 
     Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court''; and ``To make all 
     laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested in 
     this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or 
     in any Department or Officer thereof.''
            By Mr. CHABOT:
       H.R. 4292.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this legislation is 
     based is found in article I, section 8, clause 9; article 
     III, section 1, clause 1; and article III, section 2, clause 
     2, of the Constitution, which grant Congress authority over 
     federal courts.
            By Mr. CRAMER:
       H.R. 4293.
       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 make Rules and Regulations 
     respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the 
     United States, as enumerated in Article 4,

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     Section 3, Clause 2, of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 4294.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 4295.
       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. SABLAN:
       H.R. 4296.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution, 
     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.
            By Mr. WILLIAMS:
       H.R. 4297.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution, 
     which pertains to managerial authority over property.

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