[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 92-95]
[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 Kentucky:
       H.R. 152.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The principal constitutional authority for this legislation 
     is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States (the appropriation power), which states: 
     ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 
     Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In 
     addition, clause

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     1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending 
     power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to 
     pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general 
     Welfare of the United States. . . .'' Together, these 
     specific constitutional provisions establish the 
     congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the 
     authority to appropriate funds, to determine their purpose, 
     amount, and period of availability, and to set forth terms 
     and conditions governing their use.
            By Mr. McINTYRE:
        H.R. 153.
        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, Amendment XVI, of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. McINTYRE:
       H.R. 154.
        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, Amendment XVI, of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. McINTYRE:
        H.R. 155.
        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, Amendment XVI, of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. McINTYRE:
        H.R. 156.
        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, Amendment XVI, of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. McINTYRE:
        H.R. 157.
        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, Amendment XVI, of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. McINTYRE:
        H.R. 158.
        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, Amendment XVI, of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. McINTYRE:
        H.R. 159.
        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, Amendment XVI, of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. McINTYRE:
        H.R. 160.
        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, Amendment XVI, of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. McINTYRE:
        H.R. 161.
        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, Amendment XVI, of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mrs. BACHMANN:
        H.R. 162.
        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 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. BENISHEK:
        H.R. 163.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
        H.R. 164.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 165.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of 
     the United States Constitution (Clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 
     17) 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; to 
     provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; 
     and to exercise authority over all places purchased for the 
     erection of forts, magazines, dock-yards, and other needful 
     buildings.
            By Mr. BOUSTANY:
        H.R. 166.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1; Section 8; Clauses 1 & 3:
       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; To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes;
            By Mr. BUCHANAN:
        H.R. 167.
        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 I, 
     Section 9 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. GARRETT:
        H.R. 168.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (Congress shall have power 
     to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes;) 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).
       This legislation, through Congress's power to regulate 
     commerce with foreign powers and among the several states, 
     gives small businesses the option to alleviate the burdens of 
     onerous regulations that the federal government has imposed.
            By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas:
        H.R. 169.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution 
     (the Commerce Clause).
            By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas:
        H.R. 170.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution 
     (the Commerce Clause).
            By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas:
        H.R. 171.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
            By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas:
        H.R. 172.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
            By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas:
        H.R. 173.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
            By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas:
        H.R. 174.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution 
     (the Commerce Clause).
            By Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas:
        H.R. 175.
        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. GRIFFIN of Arkansas:
        H.R. 176.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas:
        H.R. 177.
        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.
            By Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas:
        H.R. 178.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 6, Clause 1, of the U.S. Constitution: 
     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.
            By Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas:
        H.R. 179.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14: To make Rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.
            By Mr. GRIMM:
        H.R. 180.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
       The Congress shall have Power * * * To make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.

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            By Mr. GRIMM:
        H.R. 181.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7
       The Congress shall have Power * * * To establish Post 
     Offices and post roads.
            By Mr. GRIMM:
        H.R. 182.
        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. GRIMM:
        H.R. 183.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 13
       The Congress shall have Power * * * To provide and maintain 
     a Navy.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 12
       To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money 
     to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces.
            By Mr. GRIMM:
        H.R. 184.
        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.
            By Mr. HALL:
        H.R. 185.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. JONES:
        H.R. 186.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, which grants 
     Congress the authority to make laws governing the time, 
     places and manner of holding federal elections.
            By Mr. JONES:
        H.R. 187.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
        H.R. 188.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1; Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3; Article I, Section 8, Clause 18; and Article IV, 
     Section 3, Clause 2
            By Ms. KAPTUR:
        H.R. 189.
        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. 190.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1; Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Ms. KAPTUR:
        H.R. 191.
        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. 192.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1; Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Ms. KAPTUR:
        H.R. 193.
        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. 194.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Ms. KAPTUR:
        H.R. 195.
        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. LATTA:
        H.R. 196.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 6
       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.
            By Ms. LEE of California:
        H.R. 197.
        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 Ms. LEE of California:
        H.R. 198.
        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 Ms. LEE of California:
        H.R. 199.
        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 Ms. LEE of California:
        H.R. 200.
        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 Ms. LEE of California:
        H.R. 201.
       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 Mr. McCLINTOCK:
        H.R. 202.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       As to Sections 1, 2 and 5, U.S. Constitution, Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 9 (The Inferior Courts Clause), Article 
     III, Section 1, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (The 
     Necessary And Proper Clause), which confer on Congress the 
     power to establish and regulate the jurisdiction and rules of 
     procedure of federal courts. As to Sections 3, 4, and 6, U.S. 
     Constitution, 10th Amendment, which grants states all 
     authority not explicitly given to the federal government, 
     pursuant to which this bill seeks to return to the states 
     authority previously and erroneously claimed by the federal 
     government.
            By Mr. MULVANEY:
       H.R. 203.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 or Officer thereof.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. ``To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.''
       The 14th Amendment to the Constitution. ``No State shall 
     make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or 
     immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any 
     State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, 
     without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its 
     jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws . . . The 
     Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate 
     legislation, the provisions of this article.''
            By Mr. OWENS:
        H.R. 204.
        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 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California:
        H.R. 205.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California:
        H.R. 206.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mr. SCHOCK:
        H.R. 207.
        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 as stated in Article I, Section 8 of 
     the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. SERRANO:
        H.R. 208.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
       The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, 
     duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for 
     the common

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     defense and general welfare of the United States; but all 
     duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the 
     United States;
            By Mr. SERRANO:
        H.R. 209.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, which gives Congress the 
     power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes,'' Article I 
     Section 8, Clause 1, which give Congress the power to ``lay 
     and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposets and Excises, to pay the 
     Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare 
     of the United States,'' and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, 
     which gives Congress the power ``To make all Laws which shall 
     be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers.''
            By Mr. SERRANO:
        H.R. 210.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
       The Congress shall have Power * * * To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.
       In addition, Congress has the power to enact this 
     legislation pursuant to the following:
       Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
       The Congress shall have Power * * * To make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mr. SERRANO:
        H.R. 211.
        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;'' 
     and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall 
     have Power To make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and 
     all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government 
     of the United States, or in any Department or Officer 
     thereof.''
            By Mr. SERRANO:
        H.R. 212.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of section 5 of article I of the Constitution, 
     which states: ``Each House may determine the Rules of its 
     Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, 
     and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.'' 
     Additionally, Congress has the power to enact this 
     legislation under Clause 2 of section 3 of article IV of the 
     Constitution, which states that ``The Congress shall have 
     Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and 
     Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property 
     belonging to the United States; and nothing in this 
     Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims 
     of the United States, or of any particular State.''
            By Mr. SERRANO:
        H.R. 213.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. 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; 
     but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States;
            By Mr. SERRANO:
        H.R. 214.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, which gives Congress the 
     power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations,'' and 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which gives Congress the 
     power ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper 
     for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.''
            By Mr. SERRANO:
        H.R. 215.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, which gives Congress the 
     power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations,'' Article 
     I, Section 8, Clause 4, which gives Congress the power ``To 
     establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization,'' and Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 18, which gives Congress the power ``To 
     make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.''
           By Mr. SERRANO:
        H.R. 216.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. 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; 
     but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States;
            By Mrs. BLACK:
        H.R. 217.
        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; whereby 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.
       Furthermore, this bill makes specific changes to existing 
     law, in accordance with the Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5, 
     which states that ``No State shall make or enforce any law 
     which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens 
     of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person 
     of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; 
     nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal 
     protection of the laws.''
            Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas:
        H.R. 218.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Ms. KAPTUR:
        H.J. Res. 12.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
        H.J. Res. 13.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V
            By Ms. KAPTUR:
        H.J. Res. 14.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V
            By Mr. SERRANO:
        H.J. Res. 15.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This proposed constitutional amendment is introduced 
     pursuant to Article V of the Constitution, and seeks to 
     repeal the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution.
            By Mr. KING of Iowa:
        H.J. Res. 16.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This joint resolution is enacted pursuant to the power 
     granted to Congress to propose amendments to the Constitution 
     under Article V of the United States Constitution.

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