[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14379]
[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. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 3172.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 (Clauses 1, 14, and 18), which grants 
     Congress the power to provide for the common Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States; to make rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; and 
     to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.
           By Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas:
       H.R. 3173.
       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. GARDNER:
       H.R. 3174.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8; The Congress shall have a Power to 
     lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay 
     for the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general 
     Welfare of the United States
           By Mr. AMASH:
       H.R. 3175.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution specifically 
     empowers Congress to ``raise and support Armies'' and 
     ``provide and maintain a Navy.'' The bill appropriates funds 
     to support our Armed Forces.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 3176.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 3177.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 3178.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec.  1 and 8.
           By Mr. HUDSON:
       H.R. 3179.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, 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 this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 3180.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Article I, section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution, this legislation is authorized by Congress' 
     power to ``provide for the common defense and general welfare 
     of the United States.''
           By Mr. MICHAUD:
       H.R. 3181.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Article I, section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution, this legislation is authorized by Congress' 
     power to ``provide for the common defense and general welfare 
     of the United States.''
           By Mr. PETERS of California:
       H.R. 3182.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. WESTMORELAND:
       H.R. 3183.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Because the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection 
     (commonly referred to as CFPB) is not a constitutional 
     agency, it is in violation of Article I, Section 7; Article 
     II, Section 2. To return some oversight of this illegal 
     agency back to the People of the United States of America, 
     the Constitutional authority citation is the Preamble of the 
     Constitution and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.J. Res. 64.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this 
     legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and 
     among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.
           By Mr. CRAWFORD:
       H.J. Res. 65.
       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 9, 
     Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution.

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