[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5419-5420]
[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. GERLACH:
       H.R. 4365.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. ROKITA:
       H.R. 4366.
       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. KELLY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 4367.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. GRIMM:
       H.R. 4368.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio:
       H.R. 4369.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mrs. WALORSKI:
       H.R. 4370.
       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. COOK:
       H.R. 4371.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. SCHIFF:
       H.R. 4372.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 and the Necessary and Proper Clause. 
     Additionally, the Preamble to the Constitution provides 
     support of the authority to enact legislation to promote the 
     General Welfare.
            By Mr. HINOJOSA:
       H.R. 4373.
       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 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 4374.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article I, section 8
            By Mr. BARBER:
       H.R. 4375.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7
       The Congress shall have Power to establish Post Offices and 
     post roads.
            By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H.R. 4376.
       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 Mr. CHABOT:
       H.R. 4377.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Sec. 8
            By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 4378.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8.
            By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 4379.
       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 Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 4380.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Second Amendment: ``A well regulated militia being 
     necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the 
     people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.''
            By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 4381.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment IV of the United States Constitution--``The right 
     of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, 
     and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, 
     shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon 
     probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and 
     particularly describing the place to be searched, and the 
     persons or things to be seized.''
            By Mr. BRIDENSTINE:
       H.R. 4382.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the power to make all 
     laws necessary and proper to carry into execution the 
     preceding enumerated powers. It is necessary and proper for 
     Congress to eliminate the National Technical Information 
     Service in the Department of Commerce.

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