[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13203]
[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. PETE P. GALLEGO:
       H.R. 5198.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.R. 5203.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, clause 2
            By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.R. 5204.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, section 3, clause 2
            By Mr. AMODEI:
       H.R. 5205.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to 
     providing for the general welfare of the United States) and 
     clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary 
     and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress), 
     and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States).
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 5206.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Clause 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mrs. BEATTY:
       H.R. 5207.
       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. FORBES:
       H.R. 5208.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3 and Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 
     and 18
            By Mr. KING of New York:
       H.R. 5209.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       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 Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 5210.
       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 Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 5211.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, and Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 18

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