[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10834]
[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. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 4944.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3, the Commerce Clause
           By Mr. BENTIVOLIO:
       H.R. 4945.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. 
     . . .
       ARTICLE I, SECTION 8, CLAUSE 1
           By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
       H.R. 4946.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       US Const. Art. II, Sec. 3, Cl. 3 (``[The President] shall 
     take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed[.]''); US 
     Const. Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 18 (``Congress shall have the 
     power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into Execution . . . all other Powers 
     vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United 
     States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'') (This 
     bill would instruct the Attorney General to give preferential 
     treatment to police forces that meet certain criteria when 
     distributing grant money, therefore this bill is a valid 
     exercise of Congressional authority per the Necessary and 
     Proper Clause provided the Attorney General's duties, as an 
     agent of the President, to enforce federal law and punish 
     criminal wrongdoing).
       US Const. Art. I, Sec. 9, Cl. 7 (``No Money shall be drawn 
     from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made 
     by Law[.]''); US Const. Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 18 (``Congress 
     shall have the 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'') (This bill would 
     instruct the Attorney General to give preferential treatment 
     to police forces that meet certain criteria when distributing 
     grant money, therefore this bill is a valid exercise of 
     Congressional authority per the Necessary and Proper Clause 
     to instruct how the Executive Branch can spend appropriated 
     monies).
           By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 4947.
       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 the Indian Tribes.
           By Ms. BROWNLEY of California:
       H.R. 4948.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 and Section 9
           By Mr. CARDENAS:
       H.R. 4949.
       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. HECK of Washington:
       H.R. 4950.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the general 
     welfare of the United States); and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 (relating to regulation of interstate commerce).
           By Mr. BERA of California:
       H.R. 4951.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia:
       H.R. 4952.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mrs. NOEM:
       H.R. 4953.
       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 foriegn nations, and among 
     the several states, and with Indian Tribes
           By Mr. ROSS:
       H.R. 4954.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5:
       All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and 
     subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the 
     United States and the State wherein they reside. No State 
     shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the 
     privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; 
     nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or 
     property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person 
     within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
       The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate 
     legislation, the provisions of this article.
           By Mr. SOUTHERLAND:
       H.R. 4955.
       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 Defence and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.
           By Mr. WALZ:
       H.R. 4956.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Section 8 of Article I of 
     the United States Constitution.

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