[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10423]
[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. YOUNG of Indiana:
       H.R. 4885.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general 
     Welfare of the United States.''
           By Mrs. LUMMIS:
       H.R. 4886.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: ``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; and nothing in this 
     Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims 
     of the United States, or of any particular state.''
           By Ms. BROWNLEY of California:
       H.R. 4887.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 4888.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           Mr. COHEN:
       H.R. 4889.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. HORSFORD:
       H.R. 4890.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relation to the power to 
     dispose of and legislate for all territories and properties 
     belonging to the United States.
           By Mr. HORSFORD:
       H.R. 4891.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relation to the power to 
     dispose of and legislate for all territories and properties 
     belonging to the United States).
           By Mr. LANGEVIN:
       H.R. 4892.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, ``to provide for the common 
     Defense and general Welfare of the United States.''
           By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
       H.R. 4893.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 4894.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following: section 1 of article I, and clause 18, 
     section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 4895.
       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. RIBBLE:
       H.R. 4896.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 9, clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 4897.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States of America.
           By Ms. SINEMA:
       H.R. 4898.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 Clause 1 and Article I Section 8 Clause 
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