[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9760-9761]
[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. RAHALL:
       H.R. 2428.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Clause 18 of the 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. BRADY OF TEXAS:
       H.R. 2429.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 2430.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. 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. . . .''
       Art. I, Section 8, 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 this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.''
           By Mr. HALL:
       H.R. 2431.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3--To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes; and
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--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. NOLAN:
       H.R. 2432.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress's constitutional power over the nation's Armed 
     Forces arguably provides ample authority to legislate with 
     respect to how they may be employed. Under Article I, Section 
     8, Congress has the power ``To lay and collect Taxes . . . to 
     . . . pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence,'' 
     ``To raise and support Armies,'' ``To provide and Maintain a 
     Navy,'' ``To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of 
     the land and naval Forces,'' and ``To declare War, grant 
     letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning 
     Captures on Land and Water,'' as well as ``To provide for 
     calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, 
     suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions'' and ``To provide 
     for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and 
     for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the 
     Service of the United States.'' Further, Congress is 
     empowered ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers . . 
     .'' as well as ``all other Powers vested by this Constitution 
     in the Government of the United States, or in any Department 
     or officer thereof.''
       Congress has virtually plenary constitutional power over 
     appropriations, one that is not qualified with reference to 
     its powers in Section 8. Article I, Section 9 provides that 
     ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 
     Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.''

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           By Ms. DeGETTE:
       H.R. 2433.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
       H.R. 2434.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Commerce clause of the Constitution and Amendment 4 of the 
     Constitution under the Bill of Rights.
           By Mr. CAPUANO:
       H.R. 2435.
       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 Ms. CHU:
       H.R. 2436.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mr. FATTAH:
       H.R. 2437.
       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 3 of the United 
     States Constitution, which states the United States Congress 
     shall have power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes''.
           By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 2438.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Because this bill regulates the use of military and 
     paramilitary force by the United States, Congress has the 
     power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, 
     Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution which 
     empowers Congress ``To make Rules for the Government and 
     Regulation of the land and naval Forces'' and Article 1, 
     Section 8, Clause 18, which empowers Congress to ``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. KUSTER:
       H.R. 2439.
       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 defense and general 
     welfare of the United States) of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
       H.R. 2440.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Commerce clause of the Constitution and Amendment 4 of the 
     Constitution under the Bill of Rights.
           By Mrs. LUMMIS:
       H.R. 2441.
       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.
       And,
       Article 1, Section 8, 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 this Constitution in the Government of 
     the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 2442.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 Clause 3--To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes
           By Mr. MESSER:
       H.R. 2443.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, which empowers Congress, in 
     part, to ``lay and collect Taxes'' and ``provide for the 
     common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . 
     .'' The bill will exempt certain educational institutions 
     from taxes imposed by public Law 111-148, as amended. 
     Congress has the power to repeal such taxes and provide for 
     the general welfare of those who have been and will be harmed 
     by their imposition.
           By Mr. TONKO:
       H.R. 2444.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18.
           By Mr. WILLIAMS:
       H.R. 2445.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.

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