[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11133]
[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. NUNNELEE:
       H.R. 2628.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 17.
           By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 2629.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. BARLETTA:
       H.R. 2630.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. This is the `necessary and 
     proper clause' that grants Congress the authority to make all 
     laws necessary for enforcing the Constitution.
           By Mr. BARLETTA:
       H.R. 2631.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. This is the `necessary and 
     proper clause' that grants Congress the authority to make all 
     laws necessary for enforcing the Constitution.
           By Mrs. CAPPS:
       H.R. 2632.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority in which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to regulate Commerce, as enumerated 
     by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 2633.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5
       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. FORBES:
       H.R. 2634.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. KIND:
       H.R. 2635.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8.
           By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 2636.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1

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