[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2868]
[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 Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS:
        H.R. 1024.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority in which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to regulate Commerce as enumerated 
     by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 as applied to healthcare.
            By Mr. THOMPSON of California:
        H.R. 1025.
        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 which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into Execution 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, as enumerated in Article 
     I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. NEUGEBAUER:
        H.R. 1026.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
       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 the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any 
     Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mr. PETERS of Michigan:
        H.R. 1027.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Mr. CAPUANO:
        H.R. 1028.
        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); and Article I, section 8, 
     clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate 
     commerce).
            By Mr. DeFAZIO:
        H.R. 1029.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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. DeFAZIO:
        H.R. 1030.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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. DeFAZIO:
        H.R. 1031.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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. GARDNER:
        H.R. 1032.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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;
       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. HOLT:
        H.R. 1033.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. LARSEN of Washington:
        H.R. 1034.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       As described in Article 1, Section 1 ``all legislative 
     powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress. . .''
            By Ms. MOORE:
        H.R. 1035.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. REICHERT:
        H.R. 1036.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7: ``The Congress shall have 
     Power to establish Post Offices and postroads''
            By Mr. TONKO:
        H.R. 1037.
        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.

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