[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 18079-18080]
[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. WALBERG:
        H.R. 3633.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following: Article I, section 8, clause 3 of the 
     Constitution of the United States
            By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
        H.R. 3634.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. BENTIVOLIO:
       H.R. 3635.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, reads: `` . . . all other 
     powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the 
     United States, or in any department or officer thereof.'' 
     This includes the power to regulate the behavior of federal 
     agencies.
            By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
        H.R. 3636.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Title I, section 8.
            By Mr. SALMON:
        H.R. 3637.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
        H.R. 3638.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Title I, section 8.
            By Mr. BRIDENSTINE:
        H.R. 3639.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution enumerates power 
     to Congress to ``raise and support Armies,'' to ``provide and 
     maintain a Navy,'' and to ``make all Laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing powers''. The Provide for the Common Defense Act is 
     a law necessary for executing Congress's power to support our 
     Armed Forces through appropriations.
            By Ms. BROWNLEY of California:
        H.R. 3640.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 and Amendment XVI
            By Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia:
        H.R. 3641.
        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. HASTINGS of Florida:
        H.R. 3642.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const., Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 3: Congress shall have the 
     power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the 
     various states.
            By Mr. ISRAEL:
        H.R. 3643.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the 
     Congress by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.

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            By Mr. KINGSTON:
            H.R. 3644.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7
       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. KUSTER:
        H.R. 3645.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the 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), and Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes) of the United States Constitution.

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