[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5675-5676]
[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. DUFFY:
       H.R. 4398.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among

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     the several States, and with the Indian tribes
           By Mr. MICHAUD:
       H.R. 4399.
       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. RUSH:
       H.R. 4400.
       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'''
           By Mr. SCHRADER:
       H.R. 4401.
       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 Ms. BORDALLO:
       H.R. 4402.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I. Section 8.
           By Ms. CLARKE of New York:
       H.R. 4403.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Sec. 8 regarding Congressional authority to lay 
     and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises.
           By Mr. CRAWFORD:
       H.R. 4404.
       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. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 4405.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the 
     Congress by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. LANCE:
       H.R. 4406.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 1, of the United States 
     Constitution This states that ``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.''
           By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 4407.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution. The Congress shall have power to regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. MAFFEI:
       H.R. 4408.
       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.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:
       H.R. 4409.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8
           By Ms. TSONGAS:
       H.R. 4410.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution

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