[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6378-6379]
[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. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 4507.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8, Clause 7: ``The Congress shall have Power [. . 
     .] to establish Post Offices and post Roads.''
            By Mr. DAINES:
       H.R. 4508.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the 
     United States
            By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 4509.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8
            By Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California:
       H.R. 4510.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power to 
     regulate interstate commerce).
            By Mr. BISHOP of New York:
       H.R. 4511.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. JOLLY:
       H.R. 4512.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1, Section 8 of Article 1 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 Mr. KILDEE:
       H.R. 4513.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. MARINO:
       H.R. 4514.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       1) Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (General Welfare 
     Clause)--The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect 
     Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and 
     provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the 
     United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be 
     uniform throughout the United States.
       2) Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper 
     Clause)--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. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 4515.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California:
       H.R. 4516.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution (clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), which 
     grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to 
     provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government 
     and regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for 
     organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to make 
     all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the foregoing 
     powers.''
            By Mr. SCHRADER:
       H.R. 4517.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under:
       U.S. Const. art. 1, Sec. 1;
       U.S. Const. art. 1, Sec. 8, cl. 12;
       U.S. Const. art. 1, Sec. 8, cl. 13;
       U.S. Const. art. 1, Sec. 8, cl. 14; and
       U.S. Const. art. 1, Sec. 8, cl. 18.
            By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 4518.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
       ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the foregoing Powers, and all Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof''
            By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 4519.
       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 the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
            By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 4520.
       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, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''

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