[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9280-9281]
[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. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 4755.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; and including, but not 
     solely limited to Article I, Section 8, Clause 14.
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 4756.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 (relating to the power of Congress 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.)
           By Mr. LATHAM:
       H.R. 4757.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. CARNEY:
       H.R. 4758.
       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.
       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. LoBIONDO:
       H.R. 4759.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States of America

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           By Mr. RIBBLE:
       H.R. 4760.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 4761.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       US Constitution, Article I, Section 8, which provides 
     Congress with the power to collect taxes, affirmed by the 
     16th Amendment thereto.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 4762.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. CARDENAS:
       H.R. 4763.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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. FINCHER:
       H.R. 4764.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
           By Ms. FUDGE:
       H.R. 4765.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to clause 3 of section 8 of 
     article 1 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. GARDNER:
       H.R. 4766.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. HINOJOSA:
       H.R. 4767.
       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 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 4768.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have 
     Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Impost 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 I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 4769.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. MURPHY of Florida:
       H.R. 4770.
       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. PITTS:
       H.R. 4771.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, which states that Congress 
     shall have the power ``to regulate commerce with foreign 
     nations, and among the several states. . .''
           By Mr. HOLDING:
       H.R. 4772.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution; and, Article I, Section 8, clause 8 of the 
     United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises 
     legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to 
     promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing 
     for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive 
     Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries''
           By Mr. ROKITA:
       H.R. 4773.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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 defense and general welfare of the United States; 
     but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.
           By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 4774.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14.
       ``[The Congress shall have Power] To make Rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces''

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