[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 18228-18229]
[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. ELLISON:
       H.R. 3656.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3 and Clause 18.
           By Mrs. HARTZLER:
       H.R. 3657.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rest is the 
     power of Congress ``to provide for the common Defence'', ``to 
     raise and support Armies'', ``to provide and maintain a 
     Navy'' and ``to make Rules for the Government and Regulation 
     of the land and naval Forces'' as enumerated in Article I, 
     Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. GRANGER:
       H.R. 3658.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 3659.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The attached bill is constitutional under Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 3: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes'' as well as 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. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 3660.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 (relating to the power of Congress 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.)
           By Mr. GOSAR:
       H.R. 3661.
       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.
       Currently, the federal government owns approximately 29 
     percent of all land in the United States. The U.S. 
     Constitution specifically addresses the relationship of the 
     federal government to these lands. Article IV, Sec. 3, Clause 
     2--the Property Clause--gives Congress full authority over 
     federal property including the National Park System. The U.S. 
     Supreme Court has described Congress's power to legislate 
     under this Clause as ``without limitation.'' This bill falls 
     squarely within the express Constitutional power set forth in 
     the Property Clause.
           By Mr. GIBSON:
       H.R. 3662.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of article 1.
           By Mrs. NOEM:
       H.R. 3663.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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 or officer thereof.
           By Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 3664.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. DELANEY:
       H.R. 3665.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the Constitution 
     of the United States.
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 3666.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 & 18; and Article 1, Section 
     9, Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. HARRIS:
       H.R. 3667.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article 1, Section 9 of Article 1 of the 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. KILDEE:
       H.R. 3668.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. 8.
           By Mr. MAFFEI:
       H.R. 3669.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Ms. MENG:
       H.R. 3670.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 3671.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1. Section 8.
           By Mr. RUIZ:
       H.R. 3672.
       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. SCHOCK:
       H.R. 3673.
       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 as stated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.

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