[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10253]
[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. NEUGEBAUER:
       H.R. 4871.
       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. WOODALL:
       H.R. 4872.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 and Clause 7, Section 8 of Article 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Washington:
       H.R. 4873.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 (property clause)
           By Mr. SMITH of Missouri:
       H.R. 4874.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, in 
     that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative 
     powers generally granted to Congress by that section, 
     including the exercise of those powers when delegated by 
     Congress to the Executive; Article I, Sections 8 and 9 of the 
     United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns 
     the exercise of specific legislative powers granted to 
     Congress by those sections, including the exercise of those 
     powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; Article 
     I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in 
     that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to 
     Congress by that clause ``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'' and, Article III of the 
     United States Constitution, in that the legislation defines 
     or affects powers of the Judiciary that are subject to 
     legislation by Congress.
           By Mr. BOUSTANY:
       H.R. 4875.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. CARSON of Indiana:
       H.R. 4876.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 and clause 18 of Article I of section 8 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Ms. BASS:
       H.R. 4877.
       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 Mr. COLLINS of Georgia:
       H.R. 4878.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause I, Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution which reads: ``The Congress shall have the 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.''
           By Mr. COOPER:
       H.R. 4879.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority in which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to regulate Commerce, as enumerated 
     by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Ms. MATSUI:
       H.R. 4880.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. NEUGEBAUER:
       H.R. 4881.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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. SCHWEIKERT:
       H.R. 4882.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8, of Article 1, in the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 4883.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. MAFFEI:
       H.R. 4884.
       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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