[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5004-5006]
[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. HASTINGS of Washington:
       H.R. 4315.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 Mrs. LUMMIS:
       H.R. 4316.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution: To make all Laws

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     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. NEUGEBAUER:
       H.R. 4317.
       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.
            By Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan:
       H.R. 4318.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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.
            By Mr. CRAWFORD:
       H.R. 4319.
       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 of 
     the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. KLINE:
       H.R. 4320.
       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. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 4321.
       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. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 4322.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution: The 
     Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to lay 
     and collect duties and to regulate Commerce with foreign 
     nations.
            By Mr. GOODLATTE:
       H.R. 4323.
       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, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 4324.
       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 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, as enumerated in Article 
     I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. ESTY:
       H.R. 4325.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 4326.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 4327.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. COLE:
       H.R. 4328.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, 
     Section 8 which grants Congress the power to regulate 
     Commerce with the Indian Tribes.
        This bill is enacted pursuant to Article II, 
     Section 2, Clause 2 in order the enforce treaties made 
     between the United States and several Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. PEARCE:
       H.R. 4329.
       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. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 4330.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution, as this legislation regulates commerce with 
     foreign nations, between the states, and with Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. BARROW of Georgia:
       H.R. 4331.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. GARDNER:
       H.R. 4332.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1, Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution 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 Defense and General 
     Welfare of the United States; but all Duties and Imposts and 
     Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''
            By Ms. JENKINS:
       H.R. 4333.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution and Amendment XVI to the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
       H.R. 4334.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. MAFFEI:
       H.R. 4335.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I. Section 8.
            By Mr. MICHAUD:
       H.R. 4336.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 4337.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following: clause 2 of section 3 of Article IV of the 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. RANGEL:
       H.R. 4338.
       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 1, Section 8
            By Mr. RANGEL:
       H.R. 4339.
       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 1, Section 8
            By Mr. ROKITA:
       H.R. 4340.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following: Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of 
     the United States that states ``The Congress shall have Power 
     to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
            By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 4341.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
            By Mr. SHIMKUS:
       H.R. 4342.
       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.
            By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 4343.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (a) Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution 
     vests the legislative powers enumerated therein in the United 
     States Congress, consisting of a Senate and a House of 
     Representatives, subject only to the veto power of the 
     President as provided in Article I, Section 7, Clause 2.
       (b) Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution 
     vests the executive power of the United States in a President 
     of the United States, except as enumerated in Article II, 
     Section 2.
       (c) Article III, Section 1 of the United States 
     Constitution vests the judicial power of the United States in 
     ``one supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the 
     Congress may from time to time ordain and establish,'' 
     subject only to the jurisdictional limitations set forth in 
     Article III, Section 2.
            By Ms. TITUS:
       H.R. 4344.
       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, Amendment XVI, of the 
     United States Constitution
            By Mr. TONKO:
       H.R. 4345.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1,
       All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a 
     Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a 
     Senate and House of Representatives.
            By Mr. TURNER:
       H.R. 4346.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 12, 13, 14 and 18 of the 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. SPEIER:
       H.J. Res. 113.
       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 1, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.

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