[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11249]
[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 Ms. FOXX:
       H.R. 2637.
       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. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 2638.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 9, 
     Clause 7
           By Mr. JEFFRIES:
       H.R. 2639.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 8 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. WALDEN:
       H.R. 2640.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States 
     Constitution (relating to the power of Congress to make rules 
     for the government and regulation of the land and naval 
     forces), 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. MARINO:
       H.R. 2641.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, in 
     that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative 
     powers generally granted to Congress by that section, 
     including the exercise of those powers when delegated by 
     Congress to the Executive; Article I, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the 
     exercise of specific legislative powers granted to Congress 
     by that section, including the exercise of those powers when 
     delegated by Congress to the Executive; Article I, Section 8, 
     clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in that the 
     legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress 
     by that clause ``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;'' and Article III, in that the legislation 
     defines or affects powers of the Judiciary that are subject 
     to legislation by Congress.
           By Mr. LUCAS:
       H.R. 2642.
       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. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 2643.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Sectoin 8, 
     Clause 1
            By Mr. CAPUANO:
        H.R. 2644.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 1; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of 
     the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee:
        H.R. 2645.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER:
        H.R. 2646.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. HIGGINS:
        H.R. 2647.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Ms. KELLY of Illinois
        H.R. 2648.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce Clause and 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper 
     Clause. Additionally, the Preamble to the Constitution 
     provides support of the authority to enact legislation to 
     promote the General Welfare.
            By Mr. LATTA:
        H.R. 2649.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: Congress shall have the 
     Power...``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.''
            By Mr. NOLAN:
        H.R. 2650.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution vests Congress with the authority to engage in 
     relations with the tribes.
       The clause states that 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. PAULSEN:
        H.R. 2651.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. PERLMUTTER:
        H.R. 2652.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8

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