[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14054-14055]
[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. LABRADOR:
       H.R. 3133.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation has been written pursuant to protections 
     guaranteed by the First Amendment, which outlines, ``Congress 
     shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or 
     prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the 
     freedom of speech,'' and the due process clause of the 14th 
     Amendment, which guarantees that no person will ``be deprived 
     of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.''
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress ``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'' as outlined in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the Constitution. Additionally, Article 1, 
     Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution 
     states, ``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 this 
     Constitution in the government of the United States, or in 
     any department of officer thereof.''
           By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 3134.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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. POCAN:
       H.R. 3135.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 3136.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States of America.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 3137.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII.
           By Mr. ROTHFUS:
       H.R. 3138.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, 
     ``[t]o regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes. . . .''
           By Mr. SARBANES:
       H.R. 3139.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution under the 
     General Welfare Clause.
           By Mrs. CAPITO:
       H.R. 3140.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1: All legislative Powers herein granted 
     shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which 
     shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
       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 Mrs. MILLER of Michigan:
       H.R. 3141.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1; and Article I, section 8, 
     clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States.
           By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
       H.R. 3142.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. KING of New York:
       H.R. 3143.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 6
       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 this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 3144.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 3145.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 7 and Section 8
           By Mr. MURPHY of Florida:
       H.R. 3146.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article 1 Section 8 Clause 
     18 of the United States Constitution, which states that 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 this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 3147.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. PETERS of California:
       H.R. 3148.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, 
     imports, 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 thought the 
     United States.
            By Mr. PETERS of California:
        H.R. 3149.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, 
     imports, 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 thought the 
     United States.
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
        H.R. 3150.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8--to provide for the common Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States.
            By Mr. REED:
        H.R. 3151.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. REED:
        H.R. 3152.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7
            By Mr. RICHMOND:
        H.R. 3153.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to 
     Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 
     1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the 
     Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18).
       Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made 
     for the sole purpose of

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     compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the 
     House of Representatives and shall have no bearing on 
     judicial review of the accompanying bill.
            By Mr. ROKITA:
        H.R. 3154.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States that states ``The Congress shall have Power to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several 
     States, and with the Indian Tribes.
            By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
        H.R. 3155.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
            By Mr. STOCKMAN:
        H.R. 3156.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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