[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 10395-10396]
[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. 2477.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. CONAWAY:
        H.R. 2478.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United State 
     Constitution which provides Congress with the power to 
     ``provide for...the general Welfare of the United States'' 
     and in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, which provides Congress the power to ``... make 
     all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying 
     into Execution...all other Powers vested by this Constitution 
     in the Government of the United States or, on in any 
     Department or Officer thereof.''
            By Mr. NADLER:
        H.R. 2479.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, sec. 8, cl. 3 (commerce clause), & cl. 18 
     (necessary and proper clause); Section 1 of the 14th 
     Amendment (due process and equal protection clauses), and 
     section 5 of the 14th Amendment (enforcement).
            By Mr. CONYERS:
        H.R. 2480.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const., Art. I, Sec. 8
            By Mr. FLORES:
       H.R. 2481.
        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. LEWIS:
        H.R. 2482.
        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. 2483.
        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. BERA of California:
        H.R. 2484.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
            By Ms. BROWNLEY of California:
        H.R. 2485.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mrs. CAPPS:
        H.R. 2486.
        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

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     Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any 
     particular State.''
            By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
        H.R. 2487.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. DeFAZIO:
        H.R. 2488.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (relating to the power to 
     make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress), and
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States).
            By Mr. DeFAZIO:
        H.R. 2489.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (relating to the power to-
     make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress), and
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States).
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 2490.
        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 4 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. DeFAZIO:
        H.R. 2491.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (relating to the power to 
     make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress), and
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States).
            By Mr. DesJARLAIS:
        H.R. 2492.
        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. ENGEL:
        H.R. 2493.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. GIBSON:
        H.R. 2494.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 7, section 9, Article I;
       clause 11, section 8, Article I
            By Mr. HULTGREN:
        H.R. 2495.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, providing for the common defense.
            By Mr. JONES:
        H.R. 2496.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution which 
     grants Congress the power to declare war.
            By Mrs. KIRKPATRICK:
        H.R. 2497.
        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. LOEBSACK:
        H.R. 2498.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The ability to regulate interstate commerce and with 
     foreign Nations pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 
     includes the power to regulate commodity prices, practices 
     affecting them and the trading or donation of the commodities 
     to impoverished nations. In addition, the Congress has the 
     power to provide for the general Welfare of the United States 
     under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 which includes the power 
     to promote the development of Rural America through research 
     and extension of credit.
            By Mr. McDERMOTT:
        H.R. 2499.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause I of Section VIII of Article I: ``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''
            By Mr. NUNES:
        H.R. 2500.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. ROONEY:
        H.R. 2501.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, ``to declare war, grant letters of 
     marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on 
     land and water;''
       and ``to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian tribes.''
            By Mr. THOMPSON of California:
        H.R. 2502.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
            By Mr. YOHO:
        H.R. 2503.
        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 Receipts and 
     Expenditures of all public Money shall be issued from time to 
     time.''
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11 ``Congress has the Power to 
     . . . declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and 
     make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water''

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