[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 13145-13146]
[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. SCALISE:
       H.R. 5184.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ:
       H.R. 5185.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to provide for the general welfare 
     of the United States, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, and to make all 
     laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     execution such power as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. STIVERS:
       H.R. 5186.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 1 (relating to the general 
     welfare of the United States) and clause 3 (relating to the 
     power to regulate interstate commerce).
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 5187.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate commerce with 
     foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the 
     Indian tribes;
           By Mr. CARNEY:
       H.R. 5188.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``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 . . .''
            By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 5189.
       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. GERLACH:
       H.R. 5190.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following.
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 5191.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. WEBSTER of Florida:
       H.R. 5192.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 which provides that ``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 Mr. BOUSTANY:
       H.R. 5193.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mrs. BACHMANN:
       H.R. 5194.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 3; and Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 
     18.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 5195.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 5196.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, Clauses 5 & 18, of the United States 
     Constitution
       These state that:
       ``Congress shall have power to . . . coin Money, regulate 
     the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard 
     of Weights and Measures.''
       ``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. FRANKEL of Florida:
       H.R. 5197.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 of the Constitution
           By Mr. GALLEGO:
       H.R. 5198.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 7 of Rule XII.

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           By Mr. REED:
       H.R. 5199.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
           By Ms. SCHWARTZ:
       H.R. 5200.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8
           By Mr. SOUTHERLAND:
       H.R. 5201.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States grants Congress the authority to enact this 
     bill. The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 5202.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment 4.
       ``The right of the people to be secure in their persons, 
     houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches 
     and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall 
     issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or 
     affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be 
     searched, and the persons or things to be seized.''

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