[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17088-17089]
[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. BARTON:
       H.R. 3481.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       [clause 3 of] section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution
           By Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 3482.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 (``The Congress shall 
     have Power 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''), 3 (``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes''), 
     and 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. POLIS:
       H.R. 3483.
       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 Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 3484.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. PRICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 3485.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the authority enumerated in Clause 3 of Section 8 of 
     Article I of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. GRAVES of Georgia:
       H.R. 3486.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Tenth Amendment--
       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.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7--
       The Congress shall have Power . . . To establish Post 
     Offices and Post Roads
           By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan:
       H.R. 3487.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4, Clause 1.
           By Mr. MEEHAN:
       H.R. 3488.
       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 Mr. TIBERI:
       H.R. 3489.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
       H.R. 3490.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This Act is justified by the sixteenth amendment, which 
     grants Congress the power to lay and collect taxes on income.
           By Mr. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 3491.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The principle constitutional authority for this legislation 
     is clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States, which states: ``The Congress shall have 
     power to lay and collect taxes . . . .''
           By Mrs. LUMMIS:
       H.R. 3492.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: ``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.''
           By Mr. WALBERG:
       H.R. 3493.
       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. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 3494.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution 
     provides clear authority for Congress to pass legislation 
     regarding our national transportation program and safety 
     regulations within that program.
           By Mr. CARDENAS:
       H.R. 3495.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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.
            By Mr. COHEN:
        H.R. 3496.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The changes made by this bill to the Higher Education Act 
     are within Congress' authority under Article I, section 8, 
     clause 1 of the Constitution.
            By Ms. DeLAURO:
        H.R. 3497.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and the Sixteenth Amendment
            By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
        H.R. 3498.
        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 I, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to 
     providing for the general welfare of the United States) and 
     clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary 
     and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress), 
     and Article IV, section 3, clause 2 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States).''
            By Mrs. KIRKPATRICK:
        H.R. 3499.
        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 the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.''
            By Ms. NORTON:
        H.R. 3500.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. SERRANO:
        H.R. 3501.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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 Defense and general 
     Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and 
     Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States . . .''
            By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
        H.R. 3502.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.
            Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
        H.R. 3503.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following Section 8 statements:
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces.
       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.

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