[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11967-11968]
[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

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granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill 
or joint resolution.

            By Mr. FARENTHOLD:
        H.R. 2746.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Sec. 8
            By Mr. WALBERG:
        H.R. 2747.
        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. ISSA:
        H.R. 2748.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Sec. 8
       To establish Post Offices and post Roads.
            By Mr. LARSEN of Washington:
        H.R. 2749.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       As described in Article 1, Section 1 ``all legislative 
     powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress.''
            By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
        H.R. 2750.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution, 
     which provides Congress with the ability to enact legislation 
     necessary and proper to effectuate its purposes in taxing and 
     spending.
            By Mr. HANNA:
        H.R. 2751.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution, 
     which provides Congress with the ability to enact legislation 
     necessary and proper to effectuate its purposes in taxing and 
     spending.
            By Mr. ALEXANDER:
        H.R. 2752.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8, which states that Congress had 
     authority ``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 Depart or Officer 
     therof.''
            By Mrs. BLACK:
        H.R. 2753.
        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 1 of the United 
     States Constitution; whereby 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. BUTTERFIELD:
        H.R. 2754.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3--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. GALLEGO:
        H.R. 2755.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8:
       POWERS OF CONGRESS 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. AL GREEN of Texas:
        H.R. 2756.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 18)
            By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
        H.R. 2757.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. LOFGREN:
        H.R. 2758.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4
       Section 5 of Fourteenth Amendment
            By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York:
        H.R. 2759.
        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 I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Ms. PELOSI:
        H.R. 2760.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8. ``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. SCHIFF:
        H.R. 2761.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clauses 1, 3, and 18 of the 
     Constitution of the United States.
            By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
        H.R. 2762.
        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. SLAUGHTER:
        H.R. 2763.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. STOCKMAN:
        H.R. 2764.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation affirms that human life begins at 
     conception and that the unborn are entitled to the same 
     rights and protections afforded to all American citizens 
     under the U.S. Constitution and Section 1 of the 14th 
     Amendment which states, ``No state shall make or enforce any 
     law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of 
     citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive 
     any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process 
     of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the 
     equal protection of the laws.''
            By Mr. WITTMAN:
        H.R. 2765.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, which states that Congress 
     has the power to establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization.

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