[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5839-5840]
[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. McGOVERN:
       H.R. 1692.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3
           By Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas:
       H.R. 1693.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 1694.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 1695.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 1696.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 1697.
       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 taxes, duties, 
     imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the 
     common Defense and general welfare of the United States, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. Thus, Congress 
     has the authority not only to increase taxes, but also, to 
     reduce taxes to promote the general welfare of the United 
     States of America and her citizens. Additionally, Congress 
     has the Constitutional authority to regulate commerce among 
     the States and with Indian Tribes, as enumerated in Article 
     I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 1698.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 1
       Article 1, section 8, clause 3
       Article 1, section 8, clause 18
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 1699.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 1700.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; and
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 1701.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution 
     which states that Congress has the 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. BARBER:
       H.R. 1702.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 12
       To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money 
     to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 13
       To provide and maintain a Navy.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
       To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     the 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. BOUSTANY:
       H.R. 1703.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18
           By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H.R. 1704.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 1705.
       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 Mr. CUMMINGS:
        H.R. 1706.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 (provide for the common 
     Defence and general Welfare of the United States)
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes)
            By Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois:
        H.R. 1707.
        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 establish Post Offices and post 
     roads, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Ms. JENKINS:
        H.R. 1708.

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        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, 
     Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3 of the United States Constitution.
       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;
       And
       Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
            By Mr. LEWIS:
        H.R. 1709.
        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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
            By Mr. LEWIS:
        H.R. 1710.
        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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
            By Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico:
        H.R. 1711.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
            By Mr. McNERNEY:
        H.R. 1712.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania:
        H.R. 1713.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7. 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 Mr. PETERS of California:
        H.R. 1714.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. PETERS of Michigan:
        H.R. 1715.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 5, Clause 2
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. PETRI:
        H.R. 1716.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. PRICE of Georgia:
        H.R. 1717.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Current law has created a health care program called 
     Medicare that is operated by the federal government. This 
     bill would improve the efficiency and fairness of the 
     operation of parts of that program, especially the purchase 
     of goods and services, while affecting interstate commerce, 
     which Congress has the power to regulate under Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Ms. SPEIER:
        H.R. 1718.
        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. STIVERS:
        H.R. 1719.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8--``To coin Money, regulate the Value 
     thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights 
     and Measures''
            By Mr. WELCH:
        H.R. 1720.
        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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