[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 19526]
[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.

            Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 3810.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority for the Mount Soledad Veterans 
     Memorial Preservation Act is found in Section 3, Clause 2 of 
     Article IV, which states in part that ``the Congress shall 
     have power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and 
     Regulations respecting the Territory and other Property 
     belonging to the United States.'' Constitutional authority is 
     also found in Clause 18 of Article I, Section 8, which states 
     that Congress has the authority 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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