[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 53-59]
[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. MORAN:
       H.R. 21.
        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 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 22.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 8 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. BROUN of Georgia:
       H.R. 23.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       To accompany: Section 5 of the 14th article of Amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States, which states ``The 
     Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate 
     legislation, the provisions of this article.'' Section one of 
     this article states ``. . . nor shall any State deprive any 
     person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of 
     law. . .''
       The Sanctity of Human Life Act allows for constitutional 
     protection for the unborn that they not ``be deprived of 
     life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law'' 
     afforded under the 5th Amendment.
            By Mr. BROUN of Georgia:
       H.R. 24.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is authorized by Article I, Section 8 of 
     the Constitution: ``To coin money, regulate the value 
     thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standards of 
     weights and measures'' and ``To provide for the punishment of 
     counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United 
     States.''
            By Mr. WOODALL:
        H.R. 25.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1, Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution which reads: ``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 and Imposts and 
     Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''
            By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
        H.R. 26.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1; and including, but not 
     solely limited to Article I, Section 8, Clause 14.
     
     
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            By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
        H.R. 27.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; and including, but not 
     solely limited to Article I, Section 8, Clause 14.
            By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
        H.R. 28.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . 
     . general Welfare of the United States; . . .
       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 Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
        H.R. 29.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 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.
            By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
        H.R. 30.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . 
     . general Welfare of the United States; . . .
       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 Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
        H.R. 31.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . 
     . general Welfare of the United States; . . .
       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. WILSON of South Carolina:
        H.R. 32.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
       The Congress shall have the power to provide for the common 
     defense.
            By Mr. STOCKMAN:
        H.R. 33.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
       ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To coin Money, 
     regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the 
     Standard of Weights and Measures''
            By Mr. RUSH:
        H.R. 34.
        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. STOCKMAN:
        H.R. 35.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the U.S. Constitution, Second Amendment, Ninth 
     Amendment and Tenth Amendment
           By Mr. DENT:
       H.R. 36.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. BARROW:
        H.R. 37.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. FLEMING:
        H.R. 38.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Amendment 16 of the U.S. 
     Constitution, which grants Congress the power to lay and 
     collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, 
     without apportionment among the several States, and without 
     regard to any census or enumeration.
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
        H.R. 39.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mr. CONYERS:
        H.R. 40.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the 
     United States Constitution, Congress shall have the power to 
     enact appropriate laws protecting the civil rights of all 
     Americans.
            By Mr. GARRETT:
        H.R. 41.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (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.;) 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) and 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 of Officer thereof).
       The Constitution exclusively bestows to Congress the power 
     of the purse and this legislation would increase the amount 
     of borrowing authority of the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency for carrying out the national flood insurance program.
            By Mrs. BACHMANN:
        H.R. 42.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, Section Eight, wherein it states ``Congress 
     shall have power . . . to raise and support Armies.''
            By Mrs. BACHMANN:
        H.R. 43.
        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 establish Post Offices and post 
     roads, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Ms. BORDALLO:
        H.R. 44.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       To make all rules and regulations respecting the 
     Territories and possessions as enumerated in Article IV, 
     Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution
            By Mrs. BACHMANN:
        H.R. 45.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill makes specific changes to existing law in a 
     manner that returns power to the States and to the People, in 
     accordance with Amendment X of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mrs. BACHMANN:
        H.R. 46.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill makes specific changes to existing law in a 
     manner that returns power to the States and to People, in 
     accordance with Amendment X to the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. BISHOP of New York:
        H.R. 47.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

     Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

           By Mr. BISHOP of New York:
        H.R. 48.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
        H.R. 49.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
            By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California:
        H.R. 50.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.
           By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 51.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution:
       ``The Congress shall have the 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''
           By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 52.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Commerce Power, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; and The 
     Necessary and Proper Clause, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18;
           By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 53.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Commerce Power, Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 3;
       The Necessary and Proper Clause, Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 18
           By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 54.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 6 of Article I of the Constitution, 
     which states ``The Senators and Representatives shall receive 
     a Compensation for their Services, to be 
     
     
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     ascertained by Law, 
     and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.'' and 
     Clause 1 of Section 1 of Article I, which states ``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. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 55.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
       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
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 56.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article I, Section 9, 
     Clause 7 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 57.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article I, Section 9, 
     Clause 7 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 58.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article I, Section 9, 
     Clause 7 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
        H.R. 59.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article I, Section 9, 
     Clause 7 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 60.
        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 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
        H.R. 61.
        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 Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 62.
        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 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
        H.R. 63.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United 
     States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power of Congress to 
     make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress and the Executive Branch), 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) of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 64.
        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 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 65.
        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 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 66.
        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 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
        H.R. 67.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 14.
           By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 68.
        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 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Ms. BORDALLO:
        H.R. 69.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted Congress 
     under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 70.
        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 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Ms. BORDALLO:
        H.R. 71.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted Congress 
     under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 72.
        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 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. BROUN of Georgia:
        H.R. 73.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is authorized by Article I, Section 8 of 
     the Constitution: ``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.'' This includes the power to 
     repeal legislation that exercises power beyond that which is 
     granted to the Congress in the Constitution.
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 74.
        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 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. BROUN of Georgia:
        H.R. 75.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is authorized by Article I, Section 8 of 
     the Constitution: ``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.''
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 76.
        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 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. BROUN of Georgia:
        H.R. 77.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is authorized by Article I, Section 8 of 
     the Constitution: ``To coin money, regulate the value 
     thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights 
     and measures'' and ``To provide for the punishment of 
     counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United 
     States.'' It is also authorized by Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3: ``To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 78.
        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 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
        H.R. 79.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the 
     authority to tax and spend for the general welfare.
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 80.
        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 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
        H.R. 81.
        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 enact bills pursuant to clause 1 of 
     section 8 of article I of the Constitution. Pursuant to this 
     clause, Congress has the authority to ``provide for the.... 
     general welfare of the United States.'' Included in the 
     concept of `general welfare' is Congress's authority to spend 
     money to provide for the health of the citizenry.
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 82.
        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 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
        H.R. 83.
        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 the authority to make all needful Rules 
     and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property 
     belonging to the United States.''
           By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 84.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
     
     
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       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
        H.R. 85.
        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 the authority to make all needful Rules 
     and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property 
     belonging to the United States.''
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 86.
        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 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
        H.R. 87.
        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 the authority to make all needful Rules 
     and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property 
     belonging to the United States.''
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 88.
        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 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
        H.R. 89.
        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 the authority to make all needful Rules 
     and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property 
     belonging to the United States.''
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 90.
        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 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
        H.R. 91.
        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 the authority to make all needful Rules 
     and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property 
     belonging to the United States.''
            By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
        H.R. 92.
        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 the authority to make all needful Rules 
     and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property 
     belonging to the United States.''
           By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 93.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8
           By Mr. COLE:
       H.R. 94.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment XVI to the United States Constitution.
       Additionally, since the Constitution does not provide 
     Congress with the power to provide financial support to U.S. 
     political parties, the general repeal of the Presidential 
     Election Campaign Fund for this purpose is consistent with 
     the powers that are reserved to the States and to the people 
     as expressed in Amendments IX and X to the United States 
     Constitution.
       Further, Article I Section 8 defines the scope and powers 
     of Congress and does not include this concept of taxation in 
     furtherance of funding U.S. political parties within the 
     expressed powers.
           By Mr. COLE:
       H.R. 95.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment XVI to the United States Constitution.
       Additionally, since the Constitution does not provide 
     Congress with the power to provide financial support to 
     candidates seeking election to offices of the United States 
     or to U.S. political parties, the general repeal of the 
     presidential election fund is consistent with the powers that 
     are reserved to the States and to the people as expressed in 
     Amendment X to the United States Constitution.
       Further, Article I Section 8 defines the scope and powers 
     of Congress and does not include this concept of taxation in 
     furtherance of funding campaigns within the delegated powers.
           By Mr. CONNOLLY:
       H.R. 96.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The ``necessary and proper'' clause of Article 1, Section 8 
     of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. CONNOLLY:
       H.R. 97.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 98.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the 
     United States Constitution, Congress shall have the power to 
     enact appropriate laws protecting the civil rights of all 
     Americans.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 99.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 100.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4
            By Mr. CONYERS:
        H.R. 101.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4
            By Mr. CONYERS:
        H.R. 102.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
            By Mr. FATTAH:
        H.R. 103.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. GARRETT:
        H.R. 104.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (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;), 
     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), and 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 of Officer thereof).
       This legislation authorizes appropriations for 
     ``Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad'' for the 
     Department of State, such sums as may be necessary to 
     establish a United States Embassy in Israel in the capital of 
     Jerusalem.
            By Mr. GARRETT:
        H.R. 105.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (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;), 
     Article I, Section 9, Clause 5 (No Capitation, or other 
     direct, Tax shall be laid unless in Proportion to the Census 
     or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken), and 
     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 of Officer thereof).
       In National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 
     the Supreme Court ruled that the financial penalty for 
     failing to purchase health insurance as mandated by the 
     Affordable Care Act is a tax that Congress may impose through 
     the taxing power. Even if the penalty imposed by the 
     Affordable Care Act must be construed to be a tax, it does 
     not satisfy the three types of taxes--income, excise, or 
     direct--that are listed as valid in the Constitution. The 
     penalty is not assessed on income so it is not a valid income 
     tax. The penalty is not assessed uniformly and is triggered 
     by economic inactivity so it is not a valid excise tax. 
     Finally, the penalty is not apportioned among the states by 
     population and therefore is not a valid direct tax.
       The tax imposed by the Affordable Care Act, by every 
     measure, extends beyond the taxing power granted to Congress 
     by the Constitution and it is only necessary and proper that 
     Congress repeal the individual mandate.
            By Mr. GINGREY of Georgia:
        H.R. 106.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution that 
     states, ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect 
     Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts. . .''
            By Mr. GINGREY of Georgia:
        H.R. 107.
        
        
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        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution states 
     ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution states 
     ``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. GINGREY of Georgia:
        H.R. 108.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 6, Clause 1 of the Constitution states 
     ``The Senators and Representatives shall receive a 
     Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, 
     and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.''
       The 27th Amendment of the Constitution states ``No law, 
     varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and 
     Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of 
     Representatives shall have intervened.''
            By Mr. GINGREY of Georgia:
        H.R. 109.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 of the Constitution that 
     states, ``Each House may determine the Rules of its 
     Proceedings''
            By Ms. HANABUSA:
        H.R. 110.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution
            By Ms. HANABUSA:
        H.R. 111.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution
            By Mr. HOLT:
        H.R. 112.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. HOLT:
        H.R. 113.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the Constitution of the United States
            By Mr. HOLT:
        H.R. 114.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the Constitution of the United States
            By Mr. HOLT:
        H.R. 115.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. HOLT:
        H.R. 116.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. HOLT:
        H.R. 117.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. HOLT:
        H.R. 118.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the Constitution of the United States
            By Mr. HOLT:
        H.R. 119.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the Constitution of the United States
           By Mr. HOLT:
       H.R. 120.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the Constitution of the United States
           By Mr. HOLT:
       H.R. 121.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the Constitution of the United States
           By Mr. HOLT:
       H.R. 122.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the Constitution of the United States
           By Mr. HOLT:
       H.R. 123.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the Constitution of the United States.
           By Mr. JONES:
        H.R. 124.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article 1, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution (clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16), which 
     grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to 
     provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government 
     and regulation of the land and naval forces; and to provide 
     for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia.
            By Mr. JONES:
        H.R. 125.
        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 11, and Article 
     II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. JONES:
        H.R. 126.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, and Article IV, Section 3, of the 
     Constitution of the United States.
            By Mr. JONES:
        H.R. 127.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by the First Amendment of the United 
     States Constitution, which states that, among other things, 
     Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of 
     religion.
            By Ms. KAPTUR:
        H.R. 128.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18
            By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 129.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18
            By Ms. KAPTUR:
        H.R. 130.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Ms. KAPTUR:
        H.R. 131.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18
            By Mr. KING of Iowa:
        H.R. 132.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill makes specific changes to existing law in a 
     manner that returns power to the States and to the People, 
     consistent with Amendment X of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. MASSIE:
        H.R. 133.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This Act is justified by the lack of a mandate or assertion 
     of authority in the United States Constitution for the 
     federal government to establish the laws affected by this 
     Act; by Article One of the United States Constitution that 
     grants legislative powers; by the Second Amendment to the 
     United States Constitution that recognizes the right to bear 
     arms; and by the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the United 
     States Constitution, which recognize that rights and powers 
     are retained and reserved by the people and to the States.
            By Mr. MATHESON:
        H.R. 134.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 6, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution and Amendment XXVII of the United States 
     Constitution grants Congress the authority to enact this 
     legislation.
            By Ms. MATSUI:
        H.R. 135.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Ms. MATSUI:
       H.R. 136.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York:
       H.R. 137.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the 
     Congress by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York:
       H.R. 138.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the 
     Congress by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       H.R. 139.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 and Article IV, section 3
           By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 140.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 5 of the Amendment XIV to the Constitution and 
     Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York:
       H.R. 141.
       
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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the 
     Congress by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York:
       H.R. 142.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the 
     Congress by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. RIGELL:
       H.R. 143.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 6, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution: ``All Senators and Representatives shall 
     receive a Compensation for their Services to be ascertained 
     by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.''
           By Mr. SIMPSON:
       H.R. 144.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 9, which states 
     ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To constitute Tribunals 
     inferior to the supreme Court.'' In addition, Article III, 
     Section 1 states that ``The judicial Power of the United 
     States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such 
     inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain 
     and establish.''
           By Mr. SIMPSON:
       H.R. 145.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to 
     providing for the 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), 
     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. SIRES:
       H.R. 146.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
           By Mr. THORNBERRY:
       H.R. 147.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution. Section 8 
     explicitly states that ``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;'' This clause 
     applies to this bill because it grants the power of taxation 
     to the Federal government.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN:
       H.R. 148.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The power of Congress to regulate the time, place, and 
     manner of Federal elections under section 4 of article I.
           By Mr. WEBSTER of Florida:
       H.R. 149.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution which 
     states in part: 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.
           By Mr. YODER:
       H.R. 150.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 18, and Article 
     I, Section 6 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. YODER:
       H.R. 151.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 18, and Article 
     I, Section 6 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. GOODLATTE:
       H.J. Res. 1.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress 
     the authority to propose Constitutional amendments.
           By Mr. GOODLATTE:
       H.J. Res. 2.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress 
     the authority to propose Constitutional amendments.
       By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
       H.J. Res. 3.
       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 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. BARROW:
        H.J. Res. 4.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. BUCHANAN:
        H.J. Res. 5.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this joint resolution 
     rests is the power of Congress as enumerated in Article V of 
     the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. BUCHANAN:
       H.J. Res. 6.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this joint resolution 
     rests is the power of Congress as enumerated in Article V of 
     the United States Constitution.
            By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
        H.J. Res. 7.
        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 the authority to make all needful Rules 
     and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property 
     belonging to the United States.''
            By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
        H.J. Res. 8.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Commerce Power, Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 3; and The Necessary 
     and Proper Clause, Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 18
            By Mr. McCLINTOCK:
        H.J. Res. 9.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the United States Constitution provides for 
     amendments to the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:
        H.J. Res. 10.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 5 of the Constitution states: The Congress, 
     whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, 
     shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the 
     application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several 
     states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, 
     which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and 
     purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the 
     legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by 
     conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other 
     mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; 
     provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the 
     year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner 
     affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of 
     the first article; and that no state, without its consent, 
     shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.
            By Mr. TERRY:
        H.J. Res. 11.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V





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