[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8333]
[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 Mrs. CAPPS:
        H.R. 2308.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority in which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to regulate Commerce, as enumerated 
     by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. LOFGREN:
        H.R. 2309.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. HANNA
        H.R. 2310.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     enumerated in Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. GRAYSON:
        H.R. 2311.
       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.''
            By Mr. BARR:
        H.R. 2312.
       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 of the U.S. Constitution: 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;
            By Mr. BOUSTANY:
       H.R. 2313.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I
            By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 2314.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority for this bill is pursuant to 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. GERLACH:
        H.R. 2315.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. GRIJALVA:
        H.R. 2316.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8.
            By Mr. LANGEVIN:
       H.R. 2317.
       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. LATTA:
        H.R. 2318.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, cl. 3
       The Congress shall have the power . . . to regulate 
     commerce with foreign nations, and among the states, and with 
     Indian Tribes;
            By Mr. MULLIN:
        H.R. 2319.
       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 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. NADLER:
       H.R. 2320.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 Section 8 and Clause 18 Section 8 of Article I and 
     the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
            By Ms. NORTON:
        H.R. 2321.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. PETERS of California:
       H.R. 2322.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mr. PITTENGER:
        H.R. 2323.
       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 Mr. SCHIFF:
        H.R. 2324.
       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 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. SMITH of Washington:
        H.R. 2325.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, and Amendments 
     IV and V to the Constitution.
            By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:
        H.R. 2326.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution: 
     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.

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