[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3446-3448]
[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. CLAY:
       H.R. 1104.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States grants the Congress the power to enact this 
     law.
           By Mr. HURT:
       H.R. 1105.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. CHABOT:
       H.R. 1106.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution permits the Congress to, ``regulate commerce 
     with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with 
     the indian tribes''
           By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 1107.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. CUELLAR:
       H.R. 1108.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The U.S. Constitution Article I, Section 8: Powers of 
     Congress 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 this 
     Constitution in the government of the United States, or in 
     any department or officer thereof.
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 1109.
       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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           By Mr. PIERLUISI:
       H.R. 1110.
       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.
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 1111.
       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. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 1112.
       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. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 1113.
       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. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 1114.
       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. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 1115.
       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. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 1116.
       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. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 1117.
       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. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 1118.
       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. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 1119.
       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. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 1120.
       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. CONYERS:
       H.R. 1121.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. NEUGEBAUER:
       H.R. 1122.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: 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;
           By Mr. GOODLATTE:
       H.R. 1123.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 gives Congress the authority 
     ``To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by 
     securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the 
     exclusive Right to their respective Writings and 
     Discoveries.'' This legislation addresses the rights granted 
     by Congress to selected copyrighted works.
           By Ms. WATERS:
       H.R. 1124.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution and
       Article 1, Section 9, clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. SCHRADER:
       H.R. 1125.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to:
       Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution
           By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.R. 1126.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
       The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in 
     this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any 
     Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
           By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H.R. 1127.
       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 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. BROOKS of Alabama:
       H.R. 1128.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8. The Congress shall have the power to 
     . . . make rules for the Government and Regulation of land 
     and naval Forces . . . To make all laws this shall be 
     necessary and proper. . . .
           By Mr. COBLE:
       H.R. 1129.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Commerce Clause, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 1130.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. DENHAM:
       H.R. 1131.
       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. DENHAM:
       H.R. 1132.
       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. DUNCAN of Tennessee:
       H.R. 1133.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2. The Congress shall have 
     Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and 
     Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property 
     belonging to the United States; and nothing in this 
     Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims 
     of the United States, or of any particular State.
           By Mr. GALLEGO:
       H.R. 1134.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8:
       POWERS OF CONGRESS 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 this 
     Constitution in the government of the United States, or in 
     any department or officer thereof.
           By Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan:
       H.R. 1135.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power to 
     regulate interstate commerce).
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 1136.
       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. KIND:
       H.R. 1137.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes;
           By Ms. MATSUI:
       H.R. 1138.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. OWENS:
       H.R. 1139.
       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 Mr. OWENS:
       H.R. 1140.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. SARBANES:
       H.R. 1141.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution under the 
     General Welfare Clause.
           By Mr. SIMPSON:
       H.R. 1142.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to 
     providing for the general welfare of the United States) and 
     clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary 
     and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress), 
     and Article N, section 3, clause 2 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States).''
           By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 1143.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 or Officer thereof''
           By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 1144.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1. Section 8. Clause 3.
           By Ms. WATERS:
       H.R. 1145.
       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. WHITFIELD:
       H.R. 1146.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       The Congress shall have the 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.
       AND
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 8
       The Congress shall have Power . . . to regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, among the several States, and with the 
     Indian tribes.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 1147.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 1.

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