[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 18017]
[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. BROOKS of Alabama:
       H.R. 3625.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3:
       The Congress shall have power to enact legislation to 
     regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several 
     states, and with the Indian tribes.
       and
       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.
           By Mr. COBLE:
       H.R. 3626.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I. Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. PITTENGER:
       H.R. 3627.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, the Necessary and Proper Clause.
           By Mr. SHUSTER:
       H.R. 3628.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 1 (related to general Welfare of the 
     United States), Clause 3 (related to regulation of Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     Indian tribes), and 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 of Officer thereof).
           By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona:
       H.R. 3629.
       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 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;), 
     and 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 of Officer thereof).
           By Mr. HIMES:
       H.R. 3630.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. HURT:
       H.R. 3631.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 3632.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation reallocates the number of federal 
     judgeships and, as such, follows the responsibility that 
     Congress has, under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 9 to 
     constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court.

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