[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12275-12276]
[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. SMITH of Nebraska:
       H.R. 5129.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution provides 
     that Congress shall have power ``To establish a uniform Rule 
     of Naturalization.''
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 5130.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I; Section 8; Clause 1 of the Constitution states 
     The Congress shall have Power To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
            By Ms. GABBARD:
       H.R. 5131.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.
            By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 5132.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 4.
            By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 5133.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 4
            By Ms. FOXX:
       H.R. 5134.
       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. NOEM:
       H.R. 5135.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8

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            By Ms. FUDGE:
       H.R. 5136.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 18.
            By Mr. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 5137.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 4 and 18 of the US 
     Constitution
           By Mr. OLSON:
       H.R. 5138.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4
           By Mr. CLAWSON of Florida:
       H.R. 5139.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1:
       The Congress shall have Power to...provide for the common 
     Defense and general Welfare of the United States;
           By Ms. BASS:
       H.R. 5140.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article. I.
       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. BURGESS:
       H.R. 5141.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution of the 
     United States: No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but 
     in Consequence of Appropriations made by law.
       and
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution of the 
     United States: To Establish an uniform Rule of 
     Naturalization;
            By Mr. BUTTERFIELD:
       H.R. 5142.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to the 
     Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. CARTER:
       H.R. 5143.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. CLEAVER:
       H.R. 5144.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4 of the United States Constitution and 
     Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 5145.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. DOYLE:
       H.R. 5146.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mrs. KIRKPATRICK:
       H.R. 5147.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, ``The 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 the Constitution in the Government 
     of the United States, or in any Department or Officer 
     thereof''
            By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 5148.
       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.
       Additionally, Article 1, 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 codified into law; and therefore implicitly allows 
     Congress to repeal any bill that has been passed by both 
     chambers and signed into law by the President.
            By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 5149.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following: Article I, section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 5150.
       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. 5151.
       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. MURPHY of Florida:
       H.R. 5152.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 5153.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 18, section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. PETERS of California:
       H.R. 5154.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
            By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 5155.
       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. SHEA-PORTER:
       H.R. 5156.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. TITUS:
       H.R. 5157.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, Amendment XVI, of the 
     United States Constitution.

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