[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 9120-9121]
[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. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 2346.
       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. PRICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 2347.
       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. SCHWEIKERT:
       H.R. 2348.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution
           By Mrs. NEGRETE McLEOD:
       H.R. 2349.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I section 8
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 2350.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution relating to 
     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)
           By Mr. WHITFIELD:
       H.R. 2351.
       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 Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 2352.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII.
           By Mr. PETRI:
       H.R. 2353.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Clause 7
           By Ms. ESTY:
       H.R. 2354.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 14 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States
           By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H.R. 2355.
       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. CAPUANO:
       H.R. 2356.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1 (relating to the general 
     welfare of the United States); and Article I, section 8, 
     clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate 
     commerce).
           By Mr. COBLE:
       H.R. 2357.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 6 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. COHEN:
       H.R. 2358.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 2359.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Clause 1 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 2360.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution

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           By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
       H.R. 2361.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: To regulate commerce with foreign 
     nations, and among the several states, and with the indian 
     tribes;
           By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 2362.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority to enact this legislation can 
     be found in:
       Commerce Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 3)
       Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 18)
           By Mr. HONDA:
       H.R. 2363.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 2364.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. KING of New York:
       H.R. 2365.
       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.
           By Mr. LAMBORN:
       H.R. 2366.
       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. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico:
       H.R. 2367.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 2368.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 2369.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 2370.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 2371.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 2372.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution.

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