[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12268-12269]
[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. HOLDING:
        H.R. 2804.
        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; 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. POE of Texas:
        H.R. 2805.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. MARCHANT:
        H.R. 2806.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This trade related bill is addressed under the 
     Constitution's Commerce Clause; Article 1, Section 8, Clause 
     3 of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress the power 
     ``to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the 
     several states, and with the Indian tribes.''
            By Mr. GERLACH:
        H.R. 2807.
        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.
            By Mr. MATHESON:
        H.R. 2808.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
        H.R. 2809.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. BURGESS:
        H.R. 2810.
        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 Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
            By Mr. COHEN:
        H.R. 2811.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 2812.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Commerce Clause Art I Sec. 8 and the fifth Amendment.
            By Mr. COTTON:
        H.R. 2813.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3--The Commerce Clause 
     provides for regulatuon of commerce between the states.
       Article II, Section 3, Clause 2--The Property Clause allows 
     Congress to manage the lands under its control, including 
     water resources.
            By Mr. CRAWFORD:
        H.R. 2814.
        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 establish Post Offices and post 
     roads, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas:
        H.R. 2815.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 18)
            By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 2816.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 18)
            By Mr. HARRIS:
        H.R. 2817.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. Art. I, Sec. 8.
            By Mr. HOLT:
        H.R. 2818.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the Constitution of the United States.
            By Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio
        H.R. 2819.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the authority to establish post offices and 
     post roads, as enumerated in Article I, Section, 8, Clause 7 
     of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. RIBBLE:
        H.R. 2820.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article I, Section 8, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Ms. WILSON of Florida:
        H.R. 2821.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Commerce clause and provisions to provide for the 
     general welfare.
            By Mr. CULBERSON:
        H.J. Res. 52.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V.
       The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem 
     it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, 
     or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of 
     the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing 
     Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all 
     Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when 
     ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several 
     States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the 
     one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the 
     Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior 
     to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any 
     Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth 
     Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its 
     Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the 
     Senate.
            By Mr. CULBERSON:
        H.J. Res. 53.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the Constitution.
            By Mr. CULBERSON:
        H.J. Res. 54.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the Constitution.

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