[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17014-17015]
[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. GEORGE MILLER of California:
       H.R. 3461.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. CASSIDY:
       H.R. 3462.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, paragraph 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 3463.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution: 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. LoBIONDO:
       H.R. 3464.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 3465.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. JONES:
       H.R. 3466.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, which states 
     that ``Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such 
     Regulations'' regarding the ``Times, Places and Manner of 
     holding elections.''
           By Ms. SLAUGHTER:
       H.R. 3467.

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       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 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. ROYCE:
       H.R. 3468.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. 
     Constitution to regulate commerce.
           By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 3469.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Because this bill affects spending by the United States, in 
     that it alters the definition of a constitutionally-
     permissible class (military Veterans) that receives funds 
     from the federal government, Congress has the power to enact 
     this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 
     of the United States Constitution which empowers Congress 
     ``To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to 
     pay the Debts and provide for the common defence [sic] and 
     general Welfare of the United States'' and Article 1, Section 
     8, Clause 18, which empowers Congress to ``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. ROYCE:
       H.R. 3470.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Ms. CHU:
       H.R. 3471.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution of the United States of America and Section 5 of 
     the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
     States of America, the authority to enact this legislation 
     rests with the Congress.
           By Mr. COLLINS of New York:
       H.R. 3472.
       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 to establish post offices and post 
     roads, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 3473.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       16th Amendment
           By Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 3474.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. GARAMENDI:
       H.R. 3475.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 3476.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 3477.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 3478.
       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 this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.''
       As it is the purpose of the government of the United States 
     to protect and defend the natural and inalienable rights of 
     the American citizen, it is necessary and proper for the 
     Congress to legislate, when necessary, to ensure the ability 
     of the citizenry to keep and bear arms and to travel with 
     such arms while taking reasonable precautions to ensure the 
     safety of his/her fellows and to respect state and local 
     laws.
           By Mr. THORNBERRY:
       H.R. 3479.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I: ``The Congress shall have 
     Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imports 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 Ms. TSONGAS:
       H.R. 3480.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas
       H.J. Res. 102.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17, giving Congress exclusive 
     jurisdiction over the District of Columbia. That clause was 
     cited as the authority for the government's ability to accept 
     the original Smithson donation and the creation of the 
     Smithsonian Institution via the Act of August 10, 1846.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper 
     clause, which provides the power to enact legislation 
     necessary to effectuate one of the earlier enumerated powers, 
     such as the authority granted in Clause 17 above.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.J. Res. 103.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17, giving Congress exclusive 
     jurisdiction over the District of Columbia. That clause was 
     cited as the authority for the government's ability to accept 
     the original Smithson donation and the creation of the 
     Smithsonian Institution via the Act of August 10, 1846.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper 
     clause, which provides the power to enact legislation 
     necessary to effectuate one of the earlier enumerated powers, 
     such as the authority granted in Clause 17 above.

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