[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4835-4837]
[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. ROBY:
       H.R. 1406.
       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. SHIMKUS:
       H.R. 1407.
       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. GARDNER:
       H.R. 1408.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 1409.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona:
       H.R. 1410.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 1411.

[[Page 4836]]

       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 the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 1412.
       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. RUIZ:
       H.R. 1413.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
           By Ms. PINGREE of Maine:
       H.R. 1414.
       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 defense and 
     general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts 
     and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3--To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
       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 the other powers vested by this 
     Constitution and the Government of the United States, or in 
     any department or officer thereof.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN:
       H.R. 1415.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``This legislation is consistent with Sections 7 and 8 of 
     Article I of the United States Constitution and the Sixteenth 
     Amendment to the United States Constitution.''
           By Mrs. ELLMERS:
       H.R. 1416.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution 
     states 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.
       The Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2013 terminates the 
     application of sequestration for certain drugs under Part B 
     of the Medicare program. Sequestration prohibits some 
     agencies from spending a portion of their appropriated 
     monies. This legislation gives direction on the 
     implementation of that prohibition. Therefore, the Cancer 
     Patient Protection Act of 2013 is Constitutionally justified 
     under Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. McCAUL:
       H.R. 1417.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1; and Article I, section 8, 
     clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States
           By Mr. MURPHY of Florida:
       H.R. 1418.
       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 1, Section 8, which states 
     that Congress shall have the power to regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
           By Ms. HAHN:
       H.R. 1419.
       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, Clauses 1 and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. GALLEGO:
       H.R. 1420.
       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 Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 1421.
       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. STEWART:
       H.R. 1422.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. LANKFORD:
       H.R. 1423.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 9--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.
           By Ms. SINEMA:
       H.R. 1424.
       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, imposts and 
     excises, to pay the debts and provide for the general welfare 
     of the United States; as enumerated in Article I, Section 8.
           By Ms. BONAMICI:
       H.R. 1425.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York:
       H.R. 1426.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. BUCSHON:
       H.R. 1427.
       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. BURGESS:
       H.R. 1428.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The attached bill is constitutional under Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 3: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes'' as well as 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.''
           By Mrs. CAPPS:
       H.R. 1429.
       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. CASSIDY:
       H.R. 1430.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted Congress 
     under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. CONNOLLY:
       H.R. 1431.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. COTTON:
       H.R. 1432.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. COURTNEY:
       H.R. 1433.
       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. DAINES:
       H.R. 1434.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article 1 Section 8 Clause 
     18 of the United States Constitution
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 1435.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. ENYART:
       H.R. 1436.
       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. FUDGE:
       H.R. 1437.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3, the Commerce Clause.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H.R. 1438.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Including but not limited to;
       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;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces;
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5

[[Page 4837]]

       Section 1: 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. LABRADOR:
       H.R. 1439.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution:
       ``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.''
       The specific Constitutional Authority cited here is not 
     intended and should not be construed to be exclusive of any 
     other general or specific Constitutional Authority that is 
     otherwise applicable.
           By Mr. LONG:
       H.R. 1440.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 Clause 1
       Article I Section 8 Clause 3
            By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
        H.R. 1441.
       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 Defense and 
     general welfare of the United States through passage of Laws 
     that are necessary and proper, as enumerated in Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 18.
            By Mr. MARKEY:
        H.R. 1442.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8
            By Mr. MICHAUD:
        H.R. 1443.
        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. OWENS:
        H.R. 1444.
        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. PALLONE:
        H.R. 1445.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 9, clause 7
       Article I, section 8, clause 1
            By Mr. POSEY:
        H.R. 1446.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8
            By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
        H.R. 1447.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia:
        H.R. 1448.
        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 Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
            By Mr. SESSIONS:
        H.R. 1449.
        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. SHERMAN:
        H.R. 1450.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       Specifically the power, ``to regulate Commerce . . . among 
     the several states.''
            By Ms. SLAUGHTER:
        H.R. 1451.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 7 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
            By Ms. SPEIER:
        H.R. 1452.
        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 1, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. TAKANO:
        H.R. 1453.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.

                          ____________________