[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 1676-1677]
[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. KLINE:
       H.R. 5.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Mr. BARTON:
       H.R. 666.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8
       ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign nations . . .''
            By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 667.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitution of the United States provides clear 
     authority for Congress to pass legislation to provide for the 
     general welfare of the United States. Article I of the 
     Constitution, in detailing Congressional authority, provides 
     that ``Congress shall have the Power to provide for the . . . 
     general welfare of the United States. . . .'' This 
     legislation is introduced pursuant to that grant of 
     authority.
            By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 668.
       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. FARENTHOLD:
       H.R. 669.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Sec 8, Clause 4
            By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 670.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14; and including, but not 
     solely limited to the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection 
     Clause.
            By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 671.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 672.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. ROTHFUS:
       H.R. 673.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. DENHAM:
       H.R. 674.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the common 
     defense and 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).
            By Mr. ABRAHAM:
       H.R. 675.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
            By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 676.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. ABRAHAM:
       H.R. 677.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
            By Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS:
       H.R. 678.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority in which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to regulate Commerce as enumerated 
     by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 as applied to the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
            By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 679.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 680.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1.
            By Mr. CRENSHAW:
       H.R. 681.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, 
     commonly referred to as the Commerce Clause. The Commerce 
     Clause states that the Congress shall have power to regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian tribes. This bill changes U.S. trade
            By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 682.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, 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. FORBES:
       H.R. 683.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, Clauses 1 and 18
            By Mr. HONDA:
       H.R. 684.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan:
       H.R. 685.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan:
       H.R. 686.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 (``The Congress shall have 
     Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, 
     to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''), 
     3 (``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes''), and 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. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 687.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Congress' powers to 
     regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several 
     states, and with the Indian Tribes under Article 1, Section 
     8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. LOEBSACK:
       H.R. 688.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 6 of Article I of the Constitution.
            By Ms. LOFGREN:
       H.R. 689.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 690.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, ``To make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper from carrying into Execution 
     from foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any 
     Department of Officer thereoff.''
           By Ms. MATSUI:
       H.R. 691.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. McCLINTOCK:
       H.R. 692.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 2 of the United States 
     Constitution, which confer on Congress the power to collect 
     and manage revenue for the payment of debts owed by the 
     United States and to borrow money on the credit of the United 
     States.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 2 United States 
     Constitution:
       ``The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect 
     taxes, duties, imports and excises, to pay the debts and 
     provide for the common defense and general welfare of the 
     United States; but all duties, imports and excises shall be 
     uniform throughout the United States;
       To borrow money on credit of the United States;''
           By Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 693.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grant Congress authority to make ``all needful Rules 
     and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property 
     belonging to the United States.''

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           By Mr. O'ROURKE:
       H.R. 694.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress ``to provide for the common Defence'', 
     ``to raise and support Armies'', ``to provide and maintain a 
     Navy'' and ``to make Rules for the Government and Regulation 
     of the land and naval Forces'' as enumerated in Article I, 
     section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. TIPTON:
       H.R. 695.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV Section 3 clause 2 United States Constitution.
           By Mr. WHITFIELD:
       H.R. 696.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       The Congress shall have Power * * * To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 697.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. PERLMUTTER:
       H.R. 698.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
           By Mr. PERRY:
       H.J. Res. 28.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the United States Constitution, which grants 
     Congress the authority to propose Constitutional amendments

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