[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 16286-16287]
[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.


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           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 3343.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. ROYCE:
        H.R. 3344.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution
            By Mr. ISSA:
        H.R. 3345.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One of the United States Constitution, section 8, 
     clause 18: the Necessary and Proper Clause.
           By Mr. LIPINSKI:
        H.R. 3346.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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.
       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. ROTHFUS:
        H.R. 3347.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, 
     ``[t]o pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States . . . .''
            By Mr. BARTON:
        H.R. 3348.
        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 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. CONYERS:
        H.R. 3349.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article 1, section 8, clause 8
            By Mr. UPTON:
        H.R. 3350.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mrs. BEATTY:
        H.R. 3351.
        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. CONNOLLY:
        H.R. 3352.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 1 and Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. CONYERS:
        H.R. 3353.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I. Section 8. 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. ENGEL:
        H.R. 3354.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. GUTHRIE:
        H.R. 3355.
        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 excise, 
     to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and 
     general welfare of the United States;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3--To regulate commerce with 
     foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the 
     Indian tribes;
            By Mr. HARRIS:
        H.R. 3356.
        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 Ms. MENG:
        H.R. 3357.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. MESSER:
        H.R. 3358.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, which empowers Congress, in 
     part, to ``lay and collect Taxes'' and ``provide for the 
     common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . 
     .'' The bill will exempt certain individuals, who through no 
     fault of their own, will be subject to taxes imposed by 
     Public Law 111-148, as amended. Congress has the power to 
     delay such taxes and provide for the general welfare of those 
     who have been and will be harmed by their imposition.
            By Mr. RADEL:
        H.R. 3359.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. TURNER:
        H.R. 3360.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ARTICLE I, SECTION 8
            By Mr. YOUNG of Indiana:
        H.J. Res. 99.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 relating to the power to pay 
     the debts of the United States.

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