[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18457]
[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. CASSIDY:
        H.R. 3693.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to 
     Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 
     1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the 
     Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18).
            By Mr. CUMMINGS:
        H.R. 3694.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. LUCAS:
        H.R. 3695.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The ability to regulate interstate commerce and with 
     foreign Nations pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 
     includes the power to regulate commodity prices, practices 
     affecting them and the trading or donation of the commodities 
     to impoverished nations. In addition, the Congress has the 
     power to provide for the general Welfare of the United States 
     under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 which includes the power 
     to promote the development of Rural America through research 
     and extension of credit.
            By Mr. McCAUL:
        H.R. 3696.
        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 make all laws necessary and proper 
     for executing powers vested by the Constitution, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. HINOJOSA:
        H.R. 3697.
        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 1 and 3 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. GERLACH:
        H.R. 3698.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 18 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. HIGGINS:
        H.R. 3699.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5
            By Mr. HINOJOSA:
        H.R. 3700.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. KING of New York:
        H.R. 3701.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3:
       The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. KINGSTON:
        H.R. 3702.
        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 18.
            By Mr. KINGSTON:
        H.R. 3703.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mrs. KIRKPATRICK:
        H.R. 3704.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.
            By Mr. PAULSEN:
        H.R. 3705.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. POE of Texas:
        H.R. 3706.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
        H.R. 3707.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. ROKITA:
        H.R. 3708.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution, which reads ``The Congress shall have Power . . 
     . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
            By Mr. RUSH:
        H.R. 3709.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: ``To regulate commerce . . 
     . among the several states . . .''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 8: ``To promote the progress 
     of science . . . by securing for limited times to authors and 
     inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings 
     and discoveries.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``To make all laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper. . .''
            By Ms. SHEA-PORTER:
        H.R. 3710.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. TIERNEY:
        H.R. 3711.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.

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