[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9185-9186]
[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. BROUN of Georgia:
       H.R. 2373.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 Mrs. WAGNER:
        H.R. 2374.
       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 1 of the United 
     States Constitution: ``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.''
       Additional authority derives from Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 of the United States Constitution: ``To regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes.''
       Additional authority derives from 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 this Constitution in the Government of the United States, 
     or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 2375.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; and including, but not 
     solely limited to Article I, Section 8, Clause 14.
            By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
        H.R. 2376.
        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. DENHAM:
       H.R. 2377.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional Authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution (clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), which 
     grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to 
     provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government 
     and regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for 
     organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to make 
     all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the foregoing 
     powers.
            By Mr. MULLIN:
        H.R. 2378.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. BACHUS:
       H.R. 2379.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: To regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes.
           By Mr. CHABOT:
       H.R. 2380.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority delegated to Congress to enact 
     this legislation is found in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 
     of the U.S. Constitution, which authorizes Congress to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several 
     States, and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 2381.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``The Constitution of the United States,'' Article 1, 
     Section 8.
            By Mr. COOK:
        H.R. 2382.
       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. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 2383.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
       By Mr. DEUTCH:
       H.R. 2384.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the Constitution 
     of the United States.
           By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 2385.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: ``To 
     regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among several 
     States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution: ``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.''
       Explanation: To the extent that the CFPB falls under the 
     purview of Congress' power to regulate commerce, legislation 
     that is reasonably deemed as an appropriate or necessary 
     means to achieve such ends is constitutional under the 
     necessary and proper clause. Legislation that seeks to 
     classify and compensate federal employees at the CFPB is a 
     practical means to effectively execute the power granted to 
     Congress to regulate Commerce.
           By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut:
       H.R. 2386.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
        H.R. 2387.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution: 
     ``To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign 
     Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;''.
            By Mr. McCLINTOCK:
       H.R. 2388.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (1) U.S. Constitution, Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (the 
     Property Clause), which confers on Congress the authority 
     over lands belonging to the United States, including the 
     placement of such lands into trust for Native American 
     Tribes.
       (2) U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the 
     Commerce Clause) and U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 2 
     (the Treaty Clause), which confer on Congress plenary 
     authority over Native American affairs.
            By Mr. MEADOWS:
       H.R. 2389.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1, Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution which reads: ``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 and Imposts and 
     Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''
           By Mr. NADLER:
       H.R. 2390.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clauses 10, 11, 
     and 18.
           By Mrs. WAGNER:
        H.R. 2391.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United 
     States Constitution, which grants Congress the power to 
     establish Post Offices and post Roads, Congress has the 
     authority to enact legislation to name a post office.
           Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 2392.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 4 of the Constitution provides 
     that Congress shall have power ``To establish an uniform Rule 
     of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of 
     Bankruptcies throughout the United States;''
            By Mr. SMITH of Missouri:
        H.J. Res. 49.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress 
     the authority to propose Constitutional amendments.

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