[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 4092-4093]
[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. JONES:
       H.R. 1275.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. LEVIN:
       H.R. 1276.
       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 lay and collect duties and to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. PEARCE:
       H.R. 1277.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA:
       H.R. 1278.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 8--The Congress shall have 
     Power 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.
           By Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA:
       H.R. 1279.
       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. OLSON:
       H.R. 1280.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4, Clause I--The times, places, and 
     manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, 
     shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; 
     but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such 
     regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7--The Congress shall have 
     power to establish Post Offices and post roads.
           By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD:
       H.R. 1281.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Ms. SLAUGHTER:
       H.R. 1282.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I and
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H.R. 1283.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Ms. BROWNLEY of California:
       H.R. 1284.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. BUCHANAN:
       H.R. 1285.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The power to enact this legislation is granted in Article 
     1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 1286.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Civil Rights Enforcement
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5
       Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United 
     States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens 
     of the United States and the State wherein they reside. No 
     State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the 
     privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; 
     nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or 
     property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person 
     within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
       Section 5: The Congress shall have power to enforce, by 
     appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
           By Mr. FINCHER:
       H.R. 1287.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8.
           By Mr. BUTTERFIELD:
       H.R. 1288.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. FOSTER:
        H.R. 1289.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article 1 of the U.S. 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, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia:
        H.R. 1290.
        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. KIND:
        H.R. 1291.
        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 Mr. KING of Iowa:
        H.R. 1292.
        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 1 and under 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. KING of New York:
        H.R. 1293.

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        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. LABRADOR:
        H.R. 1294.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2
            By Mr. MAFFEI:
        H.R. 1295.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 and Clause 18 of Section 8, of 
     Article 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California:
        H.R. 1296.
        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 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. OWENS:
        H.R. 1297.
        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. 1298.
        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. PEARCE:
        H.R. 1299.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the 
     United States grants Congress the power to enact this law.
           By Mr. RUNYAN:
        H.R. 1300.
        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 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of 
     the U.S. Constitution, which states ``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 Ms. SCHWARTZ:
        H.R. 1301.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia:
        H.R. 1302.
       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. STIVERS:
        H.R. 1303.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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. WALBERG:
        H.R. 1304.
        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 several States, and with Indian 
     Tribes.
       Also, the Tenth Amendment--
       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.
            By Mr. WENSTRUP:
        H.R. 1305.
        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. YOUNG of Alaska:
        H.R. 1306.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2.
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
        H.R. 1307.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2.

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