[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19306]
[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. OLSON:
       H.R. 4152.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina:
       H.R. 4153.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Commerce Clause--Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: ``To 
     regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among the several 
     states, and with the Indian tribes.''
           By Mr. SHERMAN:
       H.R. 4154.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 4155.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. CARDENAS:
       H.R. 4156.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
       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. CARDENAS:
       H.R. 4157.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
       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. GIBSON:
       H.R. 4158.
       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. HIGGINS:
       H.R. 4159.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 4160.
       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 office thereof.
           By Mr. JONES:
       H.R. 4161.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, the 
     reported bill is authorized by Congress' power to ``to make 
     Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval 
     Forces.''
           By Ms. LOFGREN:
       H.R. 4162.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States (clauses 1, 2, and 18), which grants Congress the 
     power to provide for the general welfare of the United 
     States; to borrow money on the credit of the United States; 
     and to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.
           By Mr. PIERLUISI:
       H.R. 4163.
       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 I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; to make all laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     execution such power, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 of the Constitution; and to make rules and 
     regulations respecting the territories of the United States, 
     as enumerated in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. STEWART:
       H.R. 4164.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1

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