[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5478]
[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. COURTNEY:
        H.R. 1590.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, Clause 1 and Article IV, section 3, 
     Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States grant 
     Congress the authority to enact this bill.
           By Mr. CARTER:
       H.R. 1591.
       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. MICA:
        H.R. 1592.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 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 Ms. SPEIER:
        H.R. 1593.
        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. CASSIDY:
        H.R. 1594.
        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. COURTNEY:
        H.R. 1595.
        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. DeFAZIO:
        H.R. 1596.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8. Clause 4.
       To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform 
     Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United 
     States
            By Mr. DEUTCH:
        H.R. 1597.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas:
        H.R. 1598.
        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. GRIJALVA:
        H.R. 1599.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. GRIJALVA:
        H.R. 1600.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. GRIJALVA:
        H.R. 1601.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8.
            By Mr. GRIJALVA:
        H.R. 1602.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. GRIMM:
        H.R. 1603.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. LAMBORN:
        H.R. 1604.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3--
       Article IV--The States
       Section 3--New 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 Mr. LARSON of Connecticut:
        H.R. 1605.
        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. NEUGEBAUER:
        H.R. 1606.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 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'', 
     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 Mrs. NOEM:
        H.R. 1607.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce Clause.
            By Mr. OWENS:
        H.R. 1608.
        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. PASCRELL:
        H.R. 1609.
        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 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. RIBBLE:
        H.R. 1610.
        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. RIBBLE:
        H.R. 1611.
        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. ROGERS of Alabama:
        H.R. 1612.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1--This bill promotes the 
     general welfare of the United States by returning vacant land 
     to its original charitable donor, Tuskegee University.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18--Creates necessary and 
     proper authority for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     convey the vacant land to Tuskegee University.

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