[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1647]
[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 Ms. FOXX:
        H.R. 803.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 804.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The power of Congress enumerated in Article I, section 8 of 
     the United States Constitution ``to provide for the common 
     Defense'', ``to raise and support Armies'', ``to provide and 
     maintain a Navy'', ``to make Rules for the Government and 
     Regulation of the land and naval Forces'', and ``to provide 
     for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia''.
            By Mr. PRICE of Georgia:
        H.R. 805.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7
       Imposes Congressional accountability for the spending of 
     the other branches of government. Congress has the duty to 
     fund and provide oversight to the federal administrative 
     agencies, including the Department of Health and Human 
     Services and direct the manner in which they expend taxpayer 
     funds.
            By Ms. BROWNLEY of California:
        H.R. 806.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. McCLINTOCK:
        H.R. 807.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 2 of the United States 
     Constitution, which confer on Congress the power to collect 
     and manage revenue for the payment of debts owed by the 
     United States and to borrow money on the credit of the United 
     States.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 2 United States 
     Constitution:
       ``The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect 
     taxes, duties, imports and excises, to pay the debts and 
     provide for the common defense and general welfare of the 
     United States; but all duties, imports and excises shall be 
     uniform throughout the United States;
       To borrow money on credit of the United States;''
           By Ms. LEE of California:
       H.R. 808.
       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. BUCSHON:
       H.R. 809.
       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 Ms. HANABUSA:
        H.R. 810.
        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 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 Mr. KING of New York:
        H.R. 811.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 or Officer thereof.
            By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
        H.R. 812.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, which reads: The Congress 
     shall have Power * * * To make all Laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into Excution the foregoing 
     Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in 
     the Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.
            By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
        H.R. 813.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Ms. MOORE:
        H.R. 814.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. OWENS:
        H.R. 815.
        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, Sections 7 and 8, of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. RIBBLE:
        H.R. 816.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section, 9, Clause 7.
            By Mr. SMITH of Washington:
        H.R. 817.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8. ``. . . provide for the common Defence 
     and general Welfare of the United States. . .''
            By Mr. TIPTON:
        H.R. 818.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV Section 3 clause 2 United States Constitution.

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