[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5986-5988]
[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. LoBIONDO:
        H.R. 1721.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States of America
            By Mr. McKINLEY:
        H.R. 1722.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the 
     Constitution: 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. SCHAKOWSKY:
        H.R. 1723.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII.
            By Mr. HARPER:
        H.R. 1724.
        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. CARTWRIGHT:
        H.R. 1725.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I; Section 8 of the Constitution states ``The 
     Congress shallhave 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 power to spend for the general welfare is one of the 
     broadest grants of authority to Congress in the United States 
     Constitution. The scope of the national spending power was 
     brought before the United States Supreme Court in a landmark 
     case in 1937 dealing with the newly enacted Social Security 
     Act. In Steward Machine Co. v. Davis the Court sustained a 
     tax imposed on employers to provide unemployment benefits to 
     individual workers.
       Subsequent Supreme Court decisions have not questioned 
     Congress's policy decisions as to what kinds of spending 
     programs are in pursuit of the ``general welfare,'' and so 
     numerous programs have been funded in such diverse areas as 
     education, housing, veterans' benefits, the environment, 
     welfare, health care, scientific research, the arts, 
     community development, and public financing of election 
     campaigns.
            By Mr. POSEY:
        H.R. 1726.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 of the Constitution of the 
     United States: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and 
     of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and 
     Measures;;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the Constitution of the 
     United States: 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 16 of the Constitution of the 
     United States: To provide for calling forth the Militia to 
     execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and 
     repel Invasions;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States: The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the forgoing Powers, and all other vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United St Department or 
     Officer thereof
            By Mr. WALZ:
        H.R. 1727.
        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. RANGEL:
        H.R. 1728.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mrs. KIRKPATRICK:
        H.R. 1729.
        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. ENGEL:
        H.R. 1730.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution. Congress has the 
     power to enact this legislation, as well, under Article 1, 
     Section 8, Clauses 1, 3 and 18.
            By Mr. SCHRADER:
        H.R. 1731.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the authority to act under Article I, Sec. 8, 
     clause 3--the Commerce Clause.
            By Ms. BASS:
        H.R. 1732.
        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 1.
       Article. I.
       Section 1.
       All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a 
     Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a 
     Senate and House of Representatives.
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
        H.R. 1733.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. CAPUANO:

       H.R. 1734.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Sec. 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. CASSIDY:

       H.R. 1735.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California:

       H.R. 1736.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I
           By Ms. DeLAURO:

       H.R. 1737.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8., Clause 1.
           By Mr. DOGGETT:

       H.R. 1738.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, Section 8 and the 16th Amendment of the 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. ENYART:

       H.R. 1739.

[[Page 5987]]

       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. FORBES:

       H.R. 1740.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18
           By Mr. GOODLATTE:

       H.R. 1741.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The ability to regulate interstate commerce pursuant to 
     Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.''
           By Mr. HECK of Nevada:

       H.R. 1742.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The power granted to Congress under 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 the Constitution in the Government of the United States, 
     or in any Department or officer thereof.
           By Mr. HOLT:

       H.R. 1743.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. HORSFORD:

       H.R. 1744.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article. I. Section. 8. Clause, 18. and
       Article. IV. Section. 3. Clause. 2.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:

       H.R. 1745.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. KING of Iowa:

       H.R. 1746.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation contains a clarification that is intended 
     to limit the scope of an existing statute. As such, this bill 
     makes specific changes to existing law in a manner that 
     returns power to the States and to the People, in accordance 
     with Amendment X of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. KUSTER:

       H.R. 1747.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article, I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the 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) of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. LARSEN of Washington:

       H.R. 1748.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       As described in Article 1, Section 1 ``all legislative 
     powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress.''
           By Ms. LEE of California:

       H.R. 1749.
       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. LUETKEMEYER:

       H.R. 1750.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the explicit power of Congress to regulate commerce in and 
     among the states, as enumerate in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States 
     Constitution.
       Additionally, Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution allows for every bill passed by the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate and signed by the President to 
     be codified into law; and therefore implicitly allows 
     Congress to repeal any bill that has been passed by both 
     chambers and signed into law by the President.
           By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:

       H.R. 1751.
       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. MARINO:

       H.R. 1752.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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. PALLONE:

       H.R. 1753.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 9, clause 7
       Article I, section 8, clause 1
           By Mr. PETERS of Michigan:

       H.R. 1754.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. POLIS:

       H.R. 1755.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution; 
     clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution; 
     section 5 of Amendment XIV to the Constitution.
           By Mr. POSEY:

       H.R. 1756.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the Constitution of the 
     United States:
       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 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States
       The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall 
     be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     forgoing 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. POSEY:

       H.R. 1757.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States:
       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 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States
       The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall 
     be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     forgoing 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. ROS-LEHTINEN:

       H.R. 1758.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I--The Legislative Branch.
       Section 1: The Legislature:
       All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a 
     Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a 
     Senate and House of Representatives.
       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.
       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 the Constitution in the Government of the United States, 
     or in any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. RUIZ:

       H.R. 1759.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. SCHIFF:

       H.R. 1760.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution. Article 
     I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. TERRY:

       H.R. 1761.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, Cl. 1
           By Mr. THORNBERRY:

       H.R. 1762.
       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, Imports 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 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.
       Article I, Section 5, Clause 2: Each House may determine 
     the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for 
     disorderly Behavior, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, 
     expel a Member.
           By Ms. TITUS:

       H.R. 1763.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.

[[Page 5988]]



                          ____________________