[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 7738-7739]
[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. POCAN:
       H.R. 4622.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. MORAN:
       H.R. 4623.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 4624.
       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. HALL:
       H.R. 4625.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mrs. CAPITO:
       H.R. 4626.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 1: All legislative Powers herein granted 
     shall be vested in a Congress of the United States
           By Mr. POSEY:
       H.R. 4627.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States:
       The Congress shall have power to regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States
       The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall 
     be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     forgoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any 
     Department or Officer thereof.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
       H.R. 4628.
       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 Ms. DelBENE:
       H.R. 4629.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

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           By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut:
       H.R. 4630.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 4631.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. GOSAR:
       H.R. 4632.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is constitutionally appropriate pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 (the Spending Clause).
       The Supreme Court, in South Dakota v. Dole (1987), reasoned 
     that conditions and limitations on funds were constitutional 
     and within the power of Congress under the Spending Clause.
       Thus, conditioning the use of federal funds in order to 
     direct appropriate spending goals and purposes are 
     constitutionally permissible. As the spending is national in 
     scope and pertains to all employees in the Legislative 
     Branch, and the conditions are clear, the limitation is 
     constitutional.
           By Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia:
       H.R. 4633.
       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.
           By Mr. REICHERT:
       H.R. 4634.
       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 Mr. ADERHOLT:
       H.R. 4635.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Sec.  8, Clause 3
           By Ms. BASS:
       H.R. 4636.
       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 1, Section 1.
       Article. I.
       Section 1.
       All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a 
     Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a 
     Senate and House of Representatives.
           By Ms. BONAMICI:
       H.R. 4637.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art I, Sec. 1
           By Mr. CLEAVER:
       H.R. 4638.
       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, Clause 18 of 
     the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. COHEN:
       H.R. 4639.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 4640.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. HIGGINS:
       H.R. 4641.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 4642.
       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, and Article I, Section 9 of 
     the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. LARSEN of Washington:
       H.R. 4643.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       As described in Article 1, Section 1 ``all legislative 
     powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress.''
           By Mr. LIPINSKI:
       H.R. 4644.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution:
       The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States;
           By Ms. LOFGREN:
       H.R. 4645.
       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. MURPHY of Florida:
       H.R. 4646.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article 1 Section 8 Clause 
     3 of the United States Constitution, which states that the 
     Congress shall have Power To regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes.
           By Mr. PAULSEN:
       H.R. 4647.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. RUIZ:
       H.R. 4648.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 4649.
       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. 4650.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1. Section 8. Clause 10.
       ``[The Congress shall have Power] To define and punish 
     Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and 
     Offences against the Law of Nations.''
           By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 4651.
       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 other Powers vested 
     by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, 
     or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
           By Mr. TIERNEY:
       H.R. 4652.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mr. WOLF:
       H.R. 4653.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. YODER:
       H.R. 4654.
       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 of the United States Constitution, including: 
     the power granted Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 
     18, of the United States Constitution, and the power granted 
     to the House of Representatives specifically Clause 3.
           By Mr. YODER:
       H.R. 4655.
       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 of the United States Constitution, including: 
     the power granted Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 
     18, of the United States Constitution, and the power granted 
     to the House of Representatives specifically Clause 3.

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