[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 16182-16184]
[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. GOODLATTE:
       H.R. 3309.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 8 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 3310.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.)
            By Mr. STEWART:
        H.R. 3311.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 allows Congress ``[t]o 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 IV, Section 3
       ``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.''
       Article X
       ``The powers not delegated to the United States by the 
     Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are 
     reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.''
            By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
        H.R. 3312.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, which grants Congress the 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. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, of the United 
     States Constitution, which grants Congress the power to 
     regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several 
     states, and with the Indian tribes.
            By Mr. LaMALFA:
        H.R. 3313.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution 
     provides that Congress shall have the power to regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes.
            By Ms. SHEA-PORTER:
        H.R. 3314.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. LaMALFA:
        H.R. 3315.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, which 
     provides that Congress shall have the power to regulate 
     Commerce among the several States.
            By Mr. LANKFORD:
        H.R. 3316.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 9
       No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 
     Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular 
     Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all 
     public Money shall be published from time to time.
            By Ms. WATERS:
        H.R. 3317.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Commerce Clause).
            By Ms. SHEA-PORTER:
        H.R. 3318.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 3319.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. BUCSHON:
       H.R. 3320.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 to regulate commerce with 
     foreign nations, and among the several states and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. COHEN:
       H.R. 3321.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4 of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. DeGETTE:
       H.R. 3322.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Ms. GRANGER:
       H.R. 3323.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution 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. HARRIS:
       H.R. 3324.
       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, Clause 3 of 
     the U.S. Constitution, which states The Congress shall have 
     Power ``to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among 
     the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''
           By Mr. HONDA:
       H.R. 3325.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 3326.
       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.
           By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
       H.R. 3327.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
       H.R. 3328.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
        H.R. 3329.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the explicit power of Congress to regulate commerce in and 
     among the states, as enumerate in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
        H.R. 3330.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One of the United States Constitution, section 8, 
     clause 18:
            By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
        H.R. 3331.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. NADLER:
        H.R. 3332.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clauses 9 and 18 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. RUIZ:
        H.R. 3333.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
            By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California:
        H.R. 3334.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One of the United States Constitution, 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
       or
       Article One of the United States Constitution, 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. SCALISE:
        H.R. 3335.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution, Article I Section 8, Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution, and Amendment II of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. SCHWARTZ:
        H.R. 3336.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. TONKO:
        H.R. 3337.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14
            By Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina:
        H.J. Res. 98.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article V of the United States Constitution lays out the 
     process for amending the Constitution. This joint resolution 
     proposes an amendment to the Constitution pursuant to Article 
     V.

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