[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 12088-12089]
[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 Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 5107.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. JEFFRIES:
       H.R. 5108.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 8.
            By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 5109.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. WALDEN:
       H.R. 5110.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Consistent with the original understanding of the commerce 
     clause, the authority to enact this legislation is found in 
     Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
       The SAVE Medicare Home Health Act repeals the rebasing cuts 
     to home health services contained in the Patient Protection 
     and Affordable Care Act. These cuts restrict patient access 
     to home health services and reduce patient-centered control 
     of health care decisions. By removing these cuts, the bill 
     removes government intrusion into the doctor-patient 
     relationship, which is protected by the 9th and 10th 
     Amendments to the Constitution.
            By Mrs. BEATTY:
       H.R. 5111.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. BISHOP of Georgia:
       H.R. 5112.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Commerce clause
           By Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 5113.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 1, of the United States 
     Constitution
       This states that ``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.''
           By Mr. CUELLAR:
       H.R. 5114.
       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 Mr. McALLISTER:
       H.R. 5115.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. MEADOWS:
       H.R. 5116.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment XIII
       Section 1, ``Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, 
     except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have 
     been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or 
     any place subject to their jurisdiction.''
       Section 2, ``Congress shall have power to enforce this 
     article by appropriate legislation.''
            By Mr. POSEY:
       H.R. 5117.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. TERRY:
       H.R. 5118.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 4, (authorizing Congress ``To establish 
     an uniform Rule of Naturalization . . .'').

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