[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14155]
[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. FRANKS of Arizona:
       H.R. 3504.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has authority to extend protection to born-alive 
     abortion survivors under the Supreme Court's Commerce Clause 
     precedents and under the Constitution's grants of powers to 
     Congress under the Equal Protection, Due Process, and 
     Enforcement Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:
       H.R. 3505.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 3506.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under the following provisions of the United States 
     Constitution:
       Article I, Section 1;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; and
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
           By Mr. GROTHMAN:
       H.R. 3507.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Aricle 1, Section 8, Clause 7.
           By Mr. HARRIS:
       H.R. 3508.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution of 
     the United States.
           By Ms. LOFGREN:
       H.R. 3509.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Consitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. RICHMOND:
       H.R. 3510.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to 
     Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 
     1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the 
     Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18).
       Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made 
     for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII 
     of the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall have 
     no bearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill.

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