[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11037]
[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. OLSON:
       H.R. 4957.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The 
     Congress shall have power to regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes.
            By Mr. FLORES:
       H.R. 4958.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. HUDSON:
       H.R. 4959.
       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. YOUNG of Indiana:
       H.R. 4960.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       The Congress shall have the Power to lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debt 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. McCAUL:
       H.R. 4961.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1; Article I, section 8, 
     clause 4; and Article I, section 8, clause 18 of the 
     Constitution of the United States
            By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona:
       H.R. 4962.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 Clause 1, which reads: 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 Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
       H.R. 4963.
       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 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H.R. 4964.
       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 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. CASTRO of Texas:
       H.R. 4965.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF 
     CONGRESS 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 this 
     Constitution in the government of the United States, or in 
     any department or officer thereof
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 4966.
       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.
            By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona:
       H.R. 4967.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the US Constitution
            By Mr. HORSFORD:
       H.R. 4968.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 Clause land Article 1 Section 8 Clause 
     18.
            By Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois:
       H.R. 4969.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       the Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1 [Rights Guaranteed]; 
     ...the means employed to effect its exercise may be neither 
     arbitrary nor oppressive but must bear a real and substantial 
     relation to an end that is public, specifically, the public 
     health, safety, or morals, or some other aspect of the 
     general welfare.
           By Mr. LoBIONDO:
       H.R. 4970.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution
           By Mr. O'ROURKE:
       H.R. 4971.
       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. PAYNE:
       H.R. 4972.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1; and Article I, section 8, 
     clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States.
           By Mr. PEARCE:
       H.R. 4973.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. SHEA-PORTER:
       H.R. 4974.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution
            By Mr. THORNBERRY:
       H.R. 4975.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Clause I of Section 8 or Article I of the 
     Constitution, Congress has the power to provide for the 
     general welfare of the United States.

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