[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5770-5771]
[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. ISSA:
        H.R. 1663.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the Constitution which 
     says, ``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. ENGEL:
        H.R. 1664.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. ENGEL:
        H.R. 1665.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. CLEAVER:
        H.R. 1666.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1.
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
        H.R. 1667.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
        H.R. 1668.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . 
     . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .''
            By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
        H.R. 1669.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . 
     . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .''
            By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
        H.R. 1670.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . 
     . . general Welfare of the United States; . . . ''
       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. SWALWELL of California:
        H.R. 1671.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
       clause 7 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
            By Mr. DAINES:
        H.R. 1672.
        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
            By Mr. McCARTHY of California:
        H.R. 1673.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
       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. BILIRAKIS:
        H.R. 1674.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, 
     Imposts and Excises as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. CASSIDY:
        H.R. 1675.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. COOK:
        H.R. 1676.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, Section 3:
       The Congress shall have the Power to dispose of and make 
     all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States;
            By Mr. COSTA:
        H.R. 1677.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 1678.
       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; and
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14: to make Rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces
           By Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA:
       H.R. 1679.
       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. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 1680.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. HIGGINS:
       H.R. 1681.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4, Clause 1
       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.
           By Ms. LOFGREN:
       H.R. 1682.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clauses 1, 3
           By Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico:
       H.R. 1683.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mrs. LUMMIS:
       H.R. 1684.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: ``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. MATSUI:
       H.R. 1685.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. MORAN:
       H.R. 1686.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This Bill is enacted pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of 
     the United States Constitution, which provides that 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 regulate Commerce . . . among the several States, and 
     with the Indian Tribes,'' and
       ``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 Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 1687.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
           By Ms. SHEA-PORTER:
       H.R. 1688.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. TURNER:
       H.R. 1689.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution of the 
     United States which states: ``No money shall be drawn from 
     the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by 
     Law . . .'' This provision establishes the authority of 
     Congress to appropriate funds, and place limitations and 
     conditions on the use of those funds.
           By Mr. VARGAS:
       H.R. 1690.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests in 
     the power of Congress:
       (1) to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among 
     the several states, and with the Indian tribes, as enumerated 
     in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution;
       (2) to make all laws necessary and proper for executing 
     powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 
     18 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. VARGAS:
       H.R. 1691.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (1) to provide and maintain a navy, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 of the U.S. Constitution;
       (2) 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 U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona:
       H.J. Res. 40.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the U.S. Constitution: ``The Congress, 
     whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, 
     shall propose Amendments to this Constitution . . .''
           By Mr. SALMON:
       H.J. Res. 41.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V:
       The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem 
     it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, 
     or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of 
     the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing 
     Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all 
     Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when 
     ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several 
     States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the 
     one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the 
     Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior 
     to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any 
     Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth 
     Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its 
     Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the 
     Senate.

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