[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5571-5573]
[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. DUNCAN of South Carolina:
       H.R. 1613.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
           By Mr. CRAWFORD:
       H.R. 1614.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the enumerated powers listed in Article I, Section 8, 
     which include the power to ``regulate commerce . . . among 
     the several States . . . ''
           By Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 1615.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of 
     the United States.
           By Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 1616.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this 
     legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and 
     among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 1617.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 1618.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The attached bill is constitutional under Article I, 
     Section VIII: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and 
     collect Taxes''.
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 1619.
       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 borrow money on the credit of the 
     United States; To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; and to 
     coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, 
     and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1, 2 & 4 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 1620.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.)
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 1621.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8 cl. 1 and cl. 1.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 1622.
       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 regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian tribes.
           By Mrs. NEGRETE McLEOD:
       H.R. 1623.
       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. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 1624.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 Clause I
           By Mr. DOGGETT:
       H.R. 1625.
       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 Mrs. WAGNER:
       H.R. 1626.
       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, Clause 1: ``The Congress 
     shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts 
     and

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     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;''
       In addition to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution: ``To regulate commerce with foreign 
     nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian 
     tribes;''
       In addition to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the 
     United States 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 Ms. WATERS:
       H.R. 1627.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. NUNES:
       H.R. 1628.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H.R. 1629.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article XVI of the Constitution--Congress shall have power 
     to lay and collect taxes on incomes . . .
           By Mr. HOLT:
       H.R. 1630.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       H.R. 1631.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8.
           By Mr. SOUTHERLAND:
       H.R. 1632.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this legislation is 
     based is found in Article I Section 8, Clause 1 of the 
     Constitution which grants Congress the power to provide for 
     the general Welfare of the United States.
           By Mr. AMODEI:
       H.R. 1633.
       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 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. BOUSTANY:
       H.R. 1634.
       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.
       Sixteenth Amendment: 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. COHEN:
       H.R. 1635.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 1, 3 and 18 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 1636.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 4
           By Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina:
       H.R. 1637.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Because this legislation adjusts the formula the federal 
     government uses to spend money on federal contracts, it is 
     authorized by the Constitution under Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 1, which grants Congress its spending power.
           By Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina:
       H.R. 1638.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 2 notes the need for an Enumeration of 
     the people necessary for the apportionment of Congressional 
     districts. That is the true purpose of the Census Bureau. 
     This legislation seeks to return the Census Bureau to the 
     Constitutional intent of the Founding Fathers by eliminating 
     non-Constitutional additional enumerations that the Bureau 
     undertakes today.
           By Mr. GIBSON:
       H.R. 1639.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 1 and 3 of Section 8 of Article 1
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 1640.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 1641.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the 
     Congress by Article I. Section 4., Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution
           By Mr. KILMER:
       H.R. 1642.
       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. 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 14: To make Rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.
           By Mr. KILMER:
       H.R. 1643.
       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. 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 14: To make Rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.
           By Mr. KIND:
       H.R. 1644.
       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. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico:
       H.R. 1645.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 1646.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 1 (General Welfare Clause)
           By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan:
       H.R. 1647.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California:
       H.R. 1648.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 3 and 18 of Section 8, Article I of the U.S. 
     Constitution
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California:
       H.R. 1649.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 3 and 18 of Section 8, Article I of the U.S. 
     Constitution
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 1650.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clauses 1 and 3 of section 8 of article I of the 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. PEARCE:
       H.R. 1651.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the 
     United States grants Congress the power to enact this law.
           By Mr. POLIS:
       H.R. 1652.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 3
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution 
     (Commerce)
           By Mr. RENACCI:
       H.R. 1653.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 states ``The Congress shall 
     have Power . . . To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, 
     and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and 
     Measures.
           By Mr. RENACCI:
       H.R. 1654.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution, and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 1655.
       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 as stated

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     in Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. SABLAN:
       H.R. 1656.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, 
     Congress has the power to collect taxes and expend funds to 
     provide for the general welfare of the United States. 
     Congress may also make laws that are necessary and proper for 
     carrying into execution their powers enumerated under Article 
     I.
           By Mr. STUTZMAN:
       H.R. 1657.
       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, clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution bestows upon Congress the authority ``To 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several 
     States, and with Indian Tribes.''
       Congress is within its constitutionally prescribed role to 
     reform, limit, or abolish programs maintained by the United 
     States Department of Agriculture, a body which has regulated 
     interstate commerce under the auspices of Congress.
           By Mr. TIPTON:
       H.R. 1658.
       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 the 
     power of Congress to provide 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).
           By Mr. WELCH:
       H.R. 1659.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, 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 . . .

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