[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13716]
[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. CRAWFORD:
        H.R. 3105.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the enumerated powers listed in Article I, Section 8 of 
     the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana:
        H.R. 3106.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Ms. CLARKE:
        H.R. 3107.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill, The Homeland Security Cybersecurity Boots-on-
     the-Ground Act, is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
            By Mr. CONYERS:
        H.R. 3108.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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.
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
        H.R. 3109.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
        H.R. 3110.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. CARTER:
        H.R. 3111.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution clause 14, which grants Congress the 
     power to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the 
     land and naval Forces.
            By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania:
        H.R. 3112.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; and including, but not 
     solely limited to Article I, Section 8, Clause 14.
            By Mr. PASCRELL:
        H.R. 3113.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. BARBER:
        H.R. 3114.
        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 Ms. KUSTER:
        H.R. 3115.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the 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), and Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes) of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. LANCE:
        H.R. 3116.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Ms. LEE of California:
        H.R. 3117.
        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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
            By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California:
        H.R. 3118.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8

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