[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3788-3790]
[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. TERRY:
       H.R. 3.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       Article III, Section 2, Clause 2
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Washington:
       H.R. 1208.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, clause 2
           By Mr. OLSON:
       H.R. 1209.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8--The Congress shall have the power . . 
     . to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign 
     coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures.
       Article 1, Section 8--The Congress shall have the 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 Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 1210.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: Congress shall have the power to 
     regulate commerce among the states, and provide for the 
     general welfare.
           By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 1211.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Sec. 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;
       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 Government of the 
     United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. PETRI:
       H.R. 1212.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 which, in part, states: The 
     Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, 
     Imposts and Excises, . . . and the Sixteenth Amendment which 
     states: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect 
     taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without 
     apportionment among the several States, and without regard to 
     any census or enumeration.
           By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 1213.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 and Section 8, Clause 1.
           By Mr. SHIMKUS:
       H.R. 1214.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 1215.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (relating to the power to 
     make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress), and Article IV, 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. GOSAR:
       H.R. 1216.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 17, which provides that Congress 
     has the power and authority to: ``exercise exclusive 
     Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not 
     exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular 
     States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of 
     the Government of the United States, and to exercise like 
     Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the 
     Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the 
     Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other 
     needful Buildings.
       (Emphasis added). Thus, the Constitution's Places Clause 
     confers the express and exclusive constitutional authority to 
     Congress to manage Federal Property, including federally 
     owned property used for any ``needful'' government purpose. 
     The federal government's duty to raise and maintain a 
     military force subsumes a duty to maintain and take care of 
     its veterans from such military forces. Thus, a veterans' 
     center is a ``needful building'' to fulfill a core 
     constitutional duty, and thus Congress has the exclusive 
     authority to manage it and give it a name. James v. Dravo 
     Contracting Co., 302 U.S. 134, 143 (1937) (taking the 
     ``view'' that the phrase ``other needful buildings'' embraces 
     ``whatever structures are found to be necessary in the 
     performance of the functions of the federal government). For 
     these reasons, the bill seeking to name a veteran's center is 
     constitutionally permissible.
           By Mr. BECERRA:
       H.R. 1217.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. AMASH:
       H.R. 1218.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution 
     empowers Congress ``To coin Money, [and] regulate the Value 
     thereof.'' Congress currently authorizes the minting of 
     commemorative coins, and this bill directs the proceeds of 
     the minting.
           By Mr. BONNER:
       H.R. 1219.
       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 regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of 
     the United States Constitution.
       This bill is also enacted pursuant to Congress' authority 
     to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations 
     respecting the territory or other property belonging to the 
     United States, as enumerated in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 
     2 of the United States Constitution.
       This bill is also enacted pursuant to the powers not 
     delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor 
     prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states 
     respectively, or to the people, as enumerated in Amendment X 
     of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 1220.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The attached legislation falls within Congress' authority 
     to regulate interstate commerce as found in Article I, 
     Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which provides 
     the authority for the congress ``To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.'' The epinephrine inhalers at issue in the 
     attached legislation are regulated by the federal Food and 
     Drug Administration (FDA), and the propellant at issue is 
     regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency. The product 
     further falls within the subject matter of an international 
     treaty known as the Montreal Protocol on Substances that 
     Deplete the Ozone Layer, of which the U.S. is a signatory.
           By Mr. FINCHER:
       H.R. 1221.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
           By Ms. HANABUSA:
       H.R. 1222.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, to regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes; and Article I, Section 8, 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. HUNTER:
        H.R. 1223.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation ensures that the military personnel who 
     are homeowners are not discriminated against for their 
     military service when trying to refinance their property. 
     Specific authority is provided by Article I, section 8 of the 
     United States Constitution (clauses 12, 13, and 14), which 
     grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to 
     provide and maintain a Navy; and to make rules for the 
     government and regulation of the land and naval forces.
            By Mr. KING of New York:
        H.R. 1224.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 6
       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. LARSEN of Washington:
        H.R. 1225.
        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 Mrs. NOEM:
        H.R. 1226.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 to regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. PAULSEN:
        H.R. 1227.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 4
            By Mr. RIBBLE:
        H.R. 1228.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD:
        H.R. 1229.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18

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            By Mr. SCHRADER:
        H.R. 1230.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the authority to act under Article I, Section 
     8, clause 3--the Commerce Clause.
            By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:
        H.R. 1231.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7. Which states: ``No Money 
     shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of 
     Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and 
     Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money 
     shall be published from time to time.''

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