[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6618-6619]
[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. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 4521.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the explicit power of Congress to regulate commerce in and 
     among the states, as enumerate in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States 
     Constitution.
       Additionally, Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution allows for every bill passed by the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate and signed by the President to 
     be codified into law; and therefore implicitly allows 
     Congress to repeal or amend any bill that has been passed by 
     both chambers and signed into law by the President.
            By Mr. VAN HOLLEN:
       H.R. 4522.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.''
            By Mr. FARENTHOLD:
       H.R. 4523.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Sec. 8, Clause 3
            By Ms. TITUS:
       H.R. 4524.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. MORAN:
       H.R. 4525.
       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. RUSH:
       H.R. 4526.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Sec. 8 of the United States Constitution--The 
     ability of the U.S. Congress to regulate Interstate Commerce.
       The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, 
     duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provides 
     for the common defense and general welfare of the United 
     States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States;. . . To regulate commerece with 
     foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the 
     Indian tribes;. . .
            By Mr. MICHAUD:
       H.R. 4527.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. LIPINSKI:
       H.R. 4528.
       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 1, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution (clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16), 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; and to provide 
     for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia.
            By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina:
       H.R. 4529.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The General Welfare Clause, Art. 1, Sec. 8, of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 4530.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section IX, Clause 7 of the Constitution of the 
     United States, which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from 
     the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by 
     Law; and a regular Statement and Account of Receipts and 
     Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time 
     to time.'' In addition, the Necessary and Proper Clause, 
     Article I, Section XIII, Clause 18 which states ``The 
     Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers...'' Lastly, Article I, Section VIII, Clause 
     1 states ``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.''
            By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 4531.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which states ``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 Mrs. BEATTY:
       H.R. 4532.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution which grants Congress the power to regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. COOPER:
       H.R. 4533.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which states that the 
     Congress shall have the power 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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       Article II, Section 2, Clause 2, which states that the 
     President shall nominate, and by and with the advice and 
     consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other 
     public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, 
     and all other officers of the United States, whose 
     appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which 
     shall be established by law: but the Congress may by law vest 
     the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think 
     proper, in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in 
     the heads of departments.
            By Mr. CRAMER:
       H.R. 4534.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 3.
            By Mr. McALLISTER:
       H.R. 4535.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I section 8
            By Mr. PETERS of California:
       H.R. 4536.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 14
            By Mr. RANGEL:
       H.R. 4537.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article XVI of the Constitution--Congress shall have power 
     to lay and collect taxes on incomes. . .
            By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 4538.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 Clause 18

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