,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adjd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ca1     
#bjac ,mr4 ,coburn 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,paul1 ,ms4 ,ayotte1 ,mr4 ,barrasso1    
,mr4 ,blunt1 ,mr4 ,boozman1 ,mr4 ,burr1 
,mr4 ,chambliss1 ,mr4 ,coats1 ,mr4      
,corker1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,mr4 ,crapo1 ,mr4
 ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,enzi1 ,mrs4 ,fischer1 ,mr4
 ,flake1 ,mr4 ,graham1 ,mr4 ,grassley1  
,mr4 ,hatch1 ,mr4 ,heller1 ,mr4 ,inhofe1
 ,mr4 ,isakson1 ,mr4 ,johnson of        
,wisconsin1 ,mr4 ,lee1 ,mr4 ,mc,cain1   
,mr4 ,mc,connell1 ,mr4 ,moran1 ,mr4     
,risch1 ,mr4 ,roberts1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4
 ,scott1 ,mr4 ,sessions1 ,mr4 ,thune1   
,mr4 ,toomey1 ,mr4 ,vitter1 and ,mr4    
,wicker7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,rules and               
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit
 the consideration of any bill by       
,congress unless the authority provided 
by the ,constitution of the ,united     
,states for the legislation can be      

determined and is clearly specified4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,enumerated ,powers ,act4  #b4  
,constitutional authority clause  7a7   
,in general ,chapter #b of title #a1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
inserting after section #ajb the        
following3  #ajb;a4 ,constitutional     
authority clause  7a7 ,in general ,each 
,act of ,congress1 bill1 and resolution1
 or conference report thereon or        
amendment thereto1 shall contain a      
concise explanation of the specific     
authority in the ,constitution of the   
,united ,states relied upon as the basis
 for enacting each portion of the       
measure4  7b7 ,federal activities ,to   
the extent that any ,act of ,congress1  
bill or resolution1 or conference report
 thereon or amendment thereto1 limits or
 abolishes any ,federal activity1       
spending1 or power overall1 a statement 
of constitutionality may cite the #ith  
,amendment or the #ajth ,amendment to   
the ,constitution of the ,united        

,states4  7c7 ,enumerated spending and  
necessary and proper clauses ,invoking a
 clause included in the enumerated      
spending clause under clause #a of      
section #h of article ,i of the         
,constitution of the ,united ,states1   
such as the common defense clause and   
the general welfare clause1 or the      
necessary and proper clause under clause
 #ah of section #h of article ,i of the 
,constitution of the ,united ,states in 
a statement of constitutionality is not 
sufficient to satisfy the requirement of
 subsection 7a74  7d7 ,commerce clause  
,invoking the commerce clause of section
 #h of article ,i of the ,constitution  
of the ,united ,states in a statement of
 constitutionality for any purpose other
 than the regulation of the buying and  
selling of goods or services1 or the    
transporting for those purposes1 across 
boundaries with foreign nations1 across 
,state lines1 or with the ,indian tribes
 is not sufficient to satisfy the       
requirement of subsection 7a74  7e7     

,failure ,to comply  7#a7 ,in general ,a
 failure to comply with subsection 7a7  
shall give rise to a point of order in  
either ,house of ,congress1 which may be
 raised by any ,senator during          
consideration in the ,senate or any     
,member of the ,house of                
,representatives during consideration in
 the ,house of ,representatives4  7#b7  
,nonexclusivity ,the availability of a  
point of order under this section shall 
not affect the availability of any other
 point of order4  7f7 ,disposition of   
point of order in the ,senate  7#a7 ,in 
general ,any ,senator may raise a point 
of order that any matter is not in order
 under subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,waiver    
7,a7 ,in general ,any ,senator may move 
to waive a point of order raised under  
paragraph 7#a7 by an affirmative vote of
 two-thirds of the ,senators duly chosen
 and sworn4  7,b7 ,procedures ,for a    
motion to waive a point of order under  
subparagraph 7,a7 as to a matter--  7i7 
a motion to table the point of order    

shall not be in order2  7ii7 all motions
 to waive one or more points of order   
under this section as to the matter     
shall be debatable for a total of not   
more than #c hours1 equally divided     
between the ,senator raising the point  
of order and the ,senator moving to     
waive the point of order or their       
designees2 and  7iii7 a motion to waive 
the point of order shall not be         
amendable4  7g7 ,disposition of point of
 order in the ,house of ,representatives
  7#a7 ,in general ,if a ,member of the 
,house of ,representatives makes a point
 of order under this section1 the ,chair
 shall put the question of consideration
 with respect to the proposition of     
whether any statement of                
constitutionality made under subsection 
7a7 was adequate or1 in the absence of  
such a statement1 whether a statement is
 required under subsection 7a74  7#b7   
,consideration ,for a point of order    
under this section made in the ,house of
 ,representatives--  7,a7 the question  

of consideration shall be debatable for 
#aj minutes1 equally divided and        
controlled by the ,member making the    
point of order and by an opponent1 but  
shall otherwise be decided without      
intervening motion except one that the  
,house of ,representatives adjourn or   
that the ,committee of the ,whole rise1 
as the case may be2  7,b7 in selecting  
the opponent1 the ,speaker of the ,house
 of ,representatives should first       
recognize an opponent from the opposing 
party2 and  7,c7 the disposition of the 
question of consideration with respect  
to a measure shall be considered also to
 determine the question of consideration
 under this section with respect to an  
amendment made in order as original     
text4  4  7b7 ,technical and conforming 
amendment ,the table of sections for    
chapter #b of title #a1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended by inserting after the
 item relating to section #ajb the      
following3  #ajb;a4 ,constitutional     
authority clause4  4  #c4 ,explanation  

of constitutional authority ,this ,act  
is enacted pursuant to the power granted
 to each ,house of ,congress to         
determine the rules of its proceedings  
under article ,i1 section #e1 clause #b 
of the ,constitution of the ,united     
,states4