[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11096-11097]
[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. HURT:
       H.R. 4976.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 4977.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause XII-XIV of the Constitution of 
     the United States, which gives Congress the authority to:
       To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money 
     to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
       To provide and maintain a Navy;
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces;
            By Mrs. ELLMERS:
        H.R. 4978.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Commerce Clause: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power ``to regulate 
     commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, 
     and with the Indian tribes.''
            By Mr. THORNBERRY:
        H.R. 4979.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 and Article IV, Section 3 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. CAMP:
        H.R. 4980.
        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 Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
        H.R. 4981.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (1) to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among 
     the several states, and with the Indian tribes, as enumerated 
     in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution;
       (2) to make all laws necessary and proper for executing 
     powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 
     18 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. BUCSHON:
        H.R. 4982.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Ms. FOXX:
        H.R. 4983.
        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. GUTHRIE:
        H.R. 4984.
        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. VAN HOLLEN:
        H.R. 4985.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Sections 7 & 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
        H.R. 4986.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the explicit power of Congress to regulate commerce in and 
     among the states, as enumerate in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States 
     Constitution, and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, which 
     grants Congress the ability to make laws necessary to carry 
     out that power. Additionally, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 9 
     grants Congress authority over federal courts and therefore 
     implicitly allows Congress to require Judicial Branch review 
     of Executive Branch actions. Finally, Article I, Section 7, 
     Clause 2 of the Constitution allows for every bill passed by 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate and signed by the 
     President to be made law; and therefore it implicitly allows 
     Congress to amend any bill that has been passed by both 
     chambers and signed into law by the President.
            By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
        H.R. 4987.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 10
            By Mr. SOUTHERLAND:
        H.R. 4988.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       SUCH AS
       Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill. 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 Mrs. BACHMANN:
        H.R. 4989.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 4990.
        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, Clauses 4 and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. BISHOP of Georgia:
        H.R. 4991.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       The Commerce Clause
            By Mrs. BUSTOS:
        H.R. 4992.
        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. BUTTERFIELD:
        H.R. 4993.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, 
     Congress has the power to collect taxes and expend funds to 
     provide for the general welfare of the United States. 
     Congress may also make laws that are necessary and proper for 
     carrying into execution their powers enumerated under Article 
     I.
            By Mr. CAMP:
        H.R. 4994.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8.
           By Mr. CARDENAS:
        H.R. 4995.
        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 Ms. DeLAURO:
        H.R. 4996.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
        H.R. 4997.
        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 Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 4998.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Ms. DelBENE:
       H.R. 4999.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. FRANKEL of Florida:
       H.R. 5000.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Constitution of the United States of 
     America
           By Ms. FUDGE:
       H.R. 5001.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. GERLACH:
       H.R. 5002.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. GINGREY of Georgia:
       H.R. 5003.
       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 and 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 Mr. HIMES:
       H.R. 5004.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York:
       H.R. 5005.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the 
     Congress by Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 5006.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. RUIZ:
       H.R. 5007.
       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. SALMON:
       H.R. 5008.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7--``No Money shall be drawn 
     from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made 
     by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts 
     and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from 
     time to time.''
           By Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 5009.
       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 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 5010.
       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 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Ms. SPEIER:
        H.R. 5011.
       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 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 5012.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3

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