[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 12005-12006]
[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. ISSA:
        H.R. 2766.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8
            By Mr. GARRETT:
        H.R. 2767.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The primary Constitutional authority for this legislation 
     is the Commerce Clause.
            By Mr. ROSKAM:
        H.R. 2768.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which states ``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

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     States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
            By Mr. ROSKAM:
        H.R. 2769.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which states ``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. GEORGE MILLER of California:
        H.R. 2770.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, 3, 18 of the U.S. 
     Constitution; Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. POE of Texas:
        H.R. 2771.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ:
        H.R. 2772.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to provide for the general welfare of 
     the United States as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8.
            By Mr. JOYCE:
        H.R. 2773.
        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. BILIRAKIS:
        H.R. 2774.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority to lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises as enumerated in Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mrs. BLACK:
        H.R. 2775.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       United States Constitution Article I Section 8
            By Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois:
        H.R. 2776.
        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;
       AND
       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;'
            By Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas:
        H.R. 2777.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14. To make Rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.
            By Mr. KINGSTON:
        H.R. 2778.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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. KINGSTON:
        H.R. 2779.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
       The Congress shall have the 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 Mrs. LOWEY:
        H.R. 2780.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. PETERS of California:
        H.R. 2781.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8
            By Mr. RUPPERSBERGER:
        H.R. 2782.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 6 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
        H.R. 2783.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following Section 8 statements:
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces.
       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. STIVERS:
        H.R. 2784.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, section 3, clause 2
            By Mr. WALZ:
        H.R. 2785.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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.

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