[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 1578-1580]
[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. ROGERS of Alabama:
        H.R. 741.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The power of Congress to make rules to provide for the 
     common defense, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 
     1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. CRAWFORD:
        H.R. 742.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 3, which provides Congress the 
     power to ``regulate commerce with foreign Nations and among 
     the several States.''
            By Mr. DeFAZIO:
        H.R. 743.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ:
        H.R. 744.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to provide for the general welfare 
     of the United States, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, and to make all 
     laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     execution such power as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 of the Constitution.
            By Mrs. NAPOLITANO:
        H.R. 745.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.
            By Mr. BENTIVOLIO:
        H.R. 746.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is authorized by Article I, Section 8 of 
     The Constitution:
       ``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.''
       This includes the power to require federal agencies give 
     small business a grace period to correct any violations of 
     federal regulations before imposing job-destroying fines and 
     other sanctions on the business.
            By Mr. RANGEL:
        H.R. 747.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress is given the power under the Constitution ``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.'' Art. I, Sec. 8, cls. 12-14. 
     See also: ROSTKER V. GOLDBERG, 453 U. S. 57 (1981)
            By Mr. RANGEL:
        H.R. 748.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress is given the power under the Constitution ``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.'' Art. I, Sec. 8, cls. 12-14. 
     See also: ROSTKER V. GOLDBERG, 453 U. S. 57 (1981)
           By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 749.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the explicit power of Congress to regulate commerce in and 
     among the states, as enumerate in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States 
     Constitution.
       Additionally, Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution allows for every bill passed by the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate and signed by the President to 
     be codified into law; and therefore implicitly allows 
     Congress to repeal any bill that has been passed by both 
     chambers and signed into law by the President.
            By Mr. THOMPSON of California:
        H.R. 750.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. MEADOWS:
        H.R. 751.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1:
       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. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 752.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
        H.R. 753.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
        H.R. 754.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. McCAUL:
        H.R. 755.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5.
            By Mr. McCAUL:
        H.R. 756.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 1; and Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 
     18 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. McCOLLUM:
        H.R. 757.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which gives Congress the 
     power ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper 
     for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers.''
            By Mr. STEWART:
        H.R. 758.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article 1 Section 8 Clause 
     18 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. ALEXANDER:
        H.R. 759.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       In the United States Constitution in Article. I. Section. 
     8. 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 of Officer thereof.
            By Mr. AMASH:
        H.R. 760.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution states that ``All 
     legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a 
     Congress of the United States . . .'' It is both ``necessary 
     and proper [for Congress to make laws] for carrying into 
     execution'' this Power (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18), 
     including setting standards for the format and content of 
     legislation proposed to be considered by Congress.
            By Mr. AMODEI:
        H.R. 761.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution.
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
        H.R. 762.
        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. BOUSTANY:
        H.R. 763.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I
            By Mrs. CAPPS:
        H.R. 764.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mrs. CAPPS:
        H.R. 765.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. CICILLINE:
        H.R. 766.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. CRAMER:
        H.R. 767.

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        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 Rules and Regulations 
     respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the 
     United States, as enumerated in Article 4, Section 3, Clause 
     2, of the United States Constitution.
            By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
        H.R. 768.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Ms. DeLAURO:
        H.R. 769.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and the Sixteenth Amendment
            By Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina:
        H.R. 770.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation speaks to concerns normally within the 
     purview of the several states. However, in the past, the 
     federal government has taken powers beyond constitutional 
     reach as it relates to these programs. This legislation is 
     constitutional because it follows the desires of the 
     sovereign state of South Carolina as provided for by our 
     Governor. As such, it follows the 10th Amendment which 
     rightly holds these rights to the several sovereign states.
            By Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina:
        H.R. 771.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact legislation pertaining to 
     the rules and regulations for property owned by the United 
     States pursuant to Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA:
        H.R. 772.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3, the Commerce Clause
            By Mr. FORBES:
        H.R. 773.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, Clauses 1, 12 and 13
            By Mr. GARDNER:
        H.R. 774.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1, Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution which reads: ``The Congress shall have 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; but all Duties and Imposts and 
     Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''
            By Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia:
        H.R. 775.
        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 III, Section 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. HANNA:
        H.R. 776.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     enumerated in Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. HUNTER:
        H.R. 777.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority for the ADA Notification Act 
     is: Section 8, Clause 1 of Article I; Section 8, Clause 18 of 
     Article I.
            By Mr. ISSA:
        H.R. 778.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the authority to legislate on this matter 
     under the Constitution according to :
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 3, ``to regulate Commerce with 
     Foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes;'' and Article 1, Section 8, clause 8, ``to 
     promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing 
     for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive 
     Rights to their respective Writings and Discoveries,''
            By Mr. ISSA:
        H.R. 779.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the authority to legislate on this matter 
     under the Constitutions according to: U.S. Constitution, 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mr. ISSA:
        H.R. 780.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the authority to legislate on this matter 
     under the Constitution according to :
       Article 1, Sec. 8: To regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes; 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. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
        H.R. 781.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. LATTA:
        H.R. 782.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Taxation: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
       The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay 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 Ms. LEE of California:
        H.R. 783.
        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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
            By Ms. LEE of California:
        H.R. 784.
        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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
            By Mr. MARKEY:
        H.R. 785.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. MARKEY:
        H.R. 786.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution. 
     ``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. MURPHY of Pennsylvania:
        H.R. 787.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to the 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution, and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of 
     the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. NADLER:
        H.R. 788.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clauses 1, 17, and 18.
            By Mr. NEAL:
        H.R. 789.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I and the 16th Amendment 
     to the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. PETERS of Michigan:
        H.R. 790.
        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. POLIS:
        H.R. 791.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1 (relating to the general 
     welfare of the United States).
            By Mr. POSEY:
        H.R. 792.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California:
        H.R. 793.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 1
            By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
        H.R. 794.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia:
        H.R. 795.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
        H.R. 796.
        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. STIVERS:
        H.R. 797.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 3, which provides Congress the 
     power to ``regulate commerce with foreign Nations and among 
     the

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     several States.'' This legislation clarifies language in the 
     Dodd-Frank Act regarding the registration and regulation of 
     municipal advisors. It does this by amending the Securities 
     Exchange Act of 1934.
            By Mr. TIERNEY:
        H.R. 798.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. TIERNEY:
        H.R. 799.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. WHITFIELD:
        H.R. 800.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 3, which grants Congress the 
     power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the 
     several States, and with the Indian tribes.
            By Mr. WOMACK:
        H.R. 801.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, Section Eight of the United States 
     Constitution.
            Mr. HUNTER:
        H.R. 802.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority for this legislation is found 
     in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 which explicitly provides 
     Congress the power to ``establish an uniform Rule of 
     Naturalization.''

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