[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11654]
[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. MURPHY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 2703.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clauses 3 and 18 of the Constitution 
     of the United States.
           By Mr. MICHAUD:
       H.R. 2704.
       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. DENHAM:
       H.R. 2705.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the common 
     defense and general welfare of the United States) and Clause 
     18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and 
     proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).
           By Mr. YARMUTH:
       H.R. 2706.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. CHABOT:
       H.R. 2707.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
       ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
           By Mr. CAMP:
       H.R. 2708.
       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 Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
           By Mr. CAMP:
       H.R. 2709.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. CULBERSON:
       H.R. 2710.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Tenth Amendment, Constitution of the United States.
           By Ms. JENKINS:
       H.R. 2711.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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.''
       To better insure the due process rights guaranteed in Fifth 
     and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution
           By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 2712.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18.
           By Mr. MEADOWS:
       H.R. 2713.
       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. MEADOWS:
       H.R. 2714.
       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. MICHAUD:
       H.R. 2715.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. MORAN:
       H.R. 2716.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This Bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of 
     the United States Constitution which provides Congress with 
     the power to lay and collect taxes and regulate commerce 
     among the several states.
           By Mr. ROSKAM:
       H.R. 2717.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 2718.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8

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