[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 242-243]
[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. ROGERS of Michigan:
        H.R. 307.
        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, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. HULTGREN:
        H.R. 308.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 6 of Article 1 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. HULTGREN:
        H.R. 309.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1--``Congress shall . . . 
     provide for the . . . general welfare of the United States;''
            By Mr. COOPER:
        H.R. 310.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mr. CRAWFORD:
        H.R. 311.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the enumerated powers listed in Article I, Section 8, 
     which include the power to ``regulate commerce . . . among 
     the several States . . .''
            By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
        H.R. 312.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment XIV, Section 1
            By Mrs. EMERSON:
        H.R. 313.
        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 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, as enumerated in Article 
     I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mrs. EMERSON:
        H.R. 314.
        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 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, as enumerated in Article 
     I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mrs. EMERSON:
        H.R. 315.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8--The powers of Congress
            By Ms. ESTY:
        H.R. 316.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. GARDNER:
       H.R. 317.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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. HALL:
       H.R. 318.
       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 dispose of and make all needful 
     rules and regulations respecting the territory or other 
     property belonging to the United States, as enumerated in 
     Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 319.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 and Clause 2 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Ms. LEE of California:
       H.R. 320.
       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 Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 321.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII, Clause I of U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 322.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment II to The Constitution of the United States
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 323.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1. Section 8. Clause 3.
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 324.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article 1. Section 8.
           By Mrs. EMERSON:
       H.J. Res. 18.
       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 propose Amendments to the United 
     States Constitution when two thirds of both Houses deem it 
     necessary, pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
           By Mrs. EMERSON:
       H.J. Res. 19.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V

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