[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14422-14423]
[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. UPTON:
       H.R. 8.
       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. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 3511.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
       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. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 3512.
       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. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 3513.
       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. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 3514.
       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. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 3515.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the authority to protection unborn children 
     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. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 3516.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to 
     ``provide for the common defense and general welfare of the 
     United States.''
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:
       H.R. 3517.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The U.S. Constitution, including Article I, section 8.
           By Mr. TED LIEU of California:
       H.R. 3518.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution 
     (relating to the general welfare of the United States).
           By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 3519.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
           By Mr. BRADY of Texas:
       H.R. 3520.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. JOLLY:
       H.R. 3521.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. BEYER:
       H.R. 3522.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Ms. BROWNLEY of California:
       H.R. 3523.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. COHEN:
       H.R. 3524.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power to 
     regulate foreign and interstate commerce) of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 3525.
       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. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 3526.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8
           By Mrs. LUMMIS:
       H.R. 3527.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: ``The Congress shall have 
     power to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States;''
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 3528.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California:
       H.R. 3529.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution: 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. MAXINE WATERS of California:
       H.R. 3530.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, 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 the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.

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