[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6920-6921]
[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. McHENRY:
       H.R. 4564.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, Section Eight
           By Mr. McHENRY:
       H.R. 4565.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, Section Eight
           By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia:
       H.R. 4566.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, section 8, clause 1:
       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;
       Article One, 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 this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. REICHERT:
       H.R. 4567.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United 
     States Constitution
           By Mrs. WAGNER:
       H.R. 4568.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to the 
     Congress in Aricle I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes.''
       Additional authotity derives from 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 Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 4569.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 (``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, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''), 
     3 (``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes''), and 18 (``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 Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 4570.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 (``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, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''), 
     3 (``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes''), and 18 (``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 Mr. HULTGREN:
       H.R. 4571.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, as this legislation 
     regulates commerce between the states.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, providing Congress with 
     the authority to enact legislation necessary to execute one 
     of its enumerated powers, such as Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3.
           By Mr. WALDEN:
       H.R. 4572.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 4573.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution, as sex offenders are traveling in foreign 
     commerce.
           By Mr. BARBER:
       H.R. 4574.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. COOK:
       H.R. 4575.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 4576.
       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. GRIFFITH of Virginia:
       H.R. 4577.
       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 of the United States 
     Constitution.

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            By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 4578.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I.
           By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 4579.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution: 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;
           Mr. SCHIFF:
       H.R. 4580.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 4581.
       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''
           By Mr. TIERNEY:
       H.R. 4582.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Ms. TSONGAS:
       H.R. 4583.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 Clause 1
           Mr. WELCH:
       H.R. 4584.
       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 this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof..
           Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California:
       H.R. 4585.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 and Amendment I, Clause 3 of 
     the Constitution.

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