[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7772]
[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. HOLDING:
       H.R. 2568.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. YOHO:
       H.R. 2569.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the Constitution of the 
     United States, which grants Congress the Power ``To make 
     Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval 
     Forces.''
            By Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 2570.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution which states, ``(t)he 
     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.''
            By Ms. BASS:
       H.R. 2571.
       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 1, Section 1.
       Article. I.
       Section 1.
       All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a 
     Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a 
     Senate and House of Representatives.
            By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 2572.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. NORCROSS:
       H.R. 2573.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:
       H.J. Res. 56.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clauses 3 and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.

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