[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10888-10889]
[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. DUFFY:
        H.R. 2571.
        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.''
            By Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California:
        H.R. 2572.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. FLORES:
        H.R. 2573.
        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 Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
            By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California:
        H.R. 2574.
        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. YOUNG of Indiana:
        H.R. 2575.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 1.
       Within the Enumerated Powers of the U.S. Constitution, 
     Congress is granted the power to lay and collect taxes. This 
     provision grants Congress the authority over this particular 
     piece of legislation.
            By Mr. DENHAM:
        H.R. 2576.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 3 (related to regulation of Commerce 
     among the several States).
            By Mr. MESSER:
        H.R. 2577.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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 employers 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. BRALEY of Iowa:
        H.R. 2578.
        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. KELLY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 2579.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I
            By Mr. GRIJALVA:
        H.R. 2580.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8.
            By Mr. HURT:
        H.R. 2581.
        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.
            By Mr. HONDA:
        H.R. 2582.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. BARROW of Georgia:
        H.R. 2583.
        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. CARSON of Indiana:
        H.R. 2584.
        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 Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 2585.
        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.
            By Mr. COHEN:
        H.R. 2586.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. CONNOLLY:
        H.R. 2587.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. DUFFY:
        H.R. 2588.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 the Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 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.''
            By Mr. GARRETT:
        H.R. 2589.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution (``The right of 
     the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and 
     effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall 
     not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon 
     probably cause, supported by Oath of affirmation, and 
     particularly describing the place to be searched, and the 
     persons or things to be seized.'')
            By Mr. GIBSON:
        H.R. 2590.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. GRIMM:
        H.R. 2591.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
       Specifically Clause 1, Clause 3, Clause 18
            By Mr. HONDA:
        H.R. 2592.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. HUNTER:
        H.R. 2593.
        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, 
     including the power granted to Congress under article I, 
     section 8, clauses 3 and 18, of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. ISRAEL:
        H.R. 2594.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article I, Section 6 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. ISRAEL:
        H.R. 2595.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the 
     Congress by Article 1, Sec. 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. KING of New York:
        H.R. 2596.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 6
       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. LAMBORN:
        H.R. 2597.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. LANGEVIN:
       H.R. 2598.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Ms. LEE of California:
       H.R. 2599.
       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 Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 2600.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Commerce Clause, Article I, Section 8 clause 3.
           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 2601.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 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 the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 2602.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 Clause 4, which states that Congress 
     has the power to establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization 
     and Clause I of Section 8 or Article I which states that 
     Congress has the power to provide for the common Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States.
           By Mr. ROSS:
       H.R. 2603.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment IV
       The right of the people to be secure in their persons, 
     houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches 
     and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall 
     issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or 
     affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be 
     searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
           By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD:
       H.R. 2604.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Ms. SCHWARTZ:
       H.R. 2605.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the 
     United States
           By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 2606.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power conferred by the 
     United States Constitution upon each house of Congress by:
       (a) Article I, Section 1, to exercise the legislative 
     powers vested in Congress as granted in the Constitution; and
       (b) Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, to make all laws that 
     shall be necessary and proper for executing the legislative 
     power granted to Congress in the Constitution.
       This bill is also enacted to bring the operation of the 
     federal government into compliance with the Fifth Amendment 
     guarantee that no person be deprived of his life, liberty or 
     property without due process of law.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN:
       H.R. 2607.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
       clause 2 of section 5 of article I of the Constitution
       clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
           Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 2608.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. HUELSKAMP:
       H.J. Res. 51.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the Constitution.
       The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem 
     it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, 
     or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of 
     the several states, shall call a convention for proposing 
     amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all 
     intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when 
     ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several 
     states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the 
     one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the 
     Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior 
     to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any 
     manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth 
     section of the first article; and that no state, without its 
     consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the 
     Senate.

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