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the combat exclusionary rules; to the Committee on Armed Services. 

268. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 115 

memorializing the Congress to take such actions as are necessary to oppose the elimination of A-10 aircraft assigned to the 917th 

Fighter Group; to the Committee on Armed 

Services. 

269. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Colorado, relative to House Joint Resolution 12-1009 recognizing the immense social and economic 

benefit of homeownership; to the Committee 

on Financial Services. 

270. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 111 memorializing the Congress and the President to 

enact legislation protecting the rights of 

conscience of students seeking counseling 

degrees and licensed professional counselors; 

to the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce. 

271. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the 

State of Hawaii, relative to Senate Resolution No. 99 requesting that advisory forces 

remain in Uganda until Joseph Kony is removed and stability is brought to the country; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

272. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 227 memorializing the Congress to reject the President’s 

budget proposal to eliminate the search-andrescue U.S. Coast Guard helicopter unit in 

Muskegon County; to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure. 

273. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 195 memorializing the Congress to enact legislation to 

ensure that the amount credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund areused solely 

for the dredging, infrastructure, operation, 

and maintenance of federally authorized 

ports; to the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure. 

274. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, relative to House Resolution No. 218 memorializing the Congress to fund the Facility of 

Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan 

State University; to the Committee on 

Science, Space, and Technology. 

275. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Hawaii, relative 

to House Resolution No. 64 urging the Congress to adopt the Veterans Remembered 

Flag; to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. 

276. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Hawaii, relative 

to House Concurrent Resolution No. 115 urging the Congress to amend the Authorization 

for Use of Military Force and the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2012; jointly to the Committees on Armed 

Services and Foreign Affairs. 

277. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois, relative 

to House Resolution No. 824 urging the Congress and the President to begin expedited 

withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan; 

jointly to the Committees on Foreign Affairs 

and Armed Services. 

278. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the State of Hawaii, relative 

to House Resolution No. 98 urging the Congress to propose and support the inclusion of 

the Philippines in the VISIT USA Act; jointly to the Committees on the Judiciary and 

Homeland Security. 

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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. REYES: 

H.R. 6359. 

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: 

The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to 

Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. 

Text: 

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; 

Clause 2: To borrow Money on the credit of 

the United States; 

Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 

and with the Indian Tribes; 

Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of 

Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the 

subject of Bankruptcies throughout the 

United States; 

Clause 5: To coin Money, regulate the 

Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix 

the Standard of Weights and Measures; 

Clause 6: To provide for the Punishment of 

counterfeiting the Securities and current 

Coin of the United States; 

Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post 

Roads; 

Clause 8: To promote the Progress of 

Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings 

and Discoveries; 

Clause 9: To constitute Tribunals inferior 

to the supreme Court; 

Clause 10: To define and punish Piracies 

and Felonies committed on the high Seas, 

and Offences against the Law of Nations; 

Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of 

Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; 

Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but 

no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall 

be for a longer Term than two Years; 

Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy; 

Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval 

Forces; 

Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the 

Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, 

suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; 

Clause 16: To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for 

governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, 

reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority 

of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; 

Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as 

may, by Cession of particular States, and the 

Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of 

the Government of the United States, and to 

exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of 

the State in which the Same shall be, for the 

Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, 

dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;— 

And 

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. 

By Mr. TIERNEY: 

H.R. 6360: 

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. 

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ADDITIONAL SPONSORS 

Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors 

were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: 

H.R. 300: Ms. LEE of California. 

H.R. 733: Mr. MCCARTHY of California. 

H.R. 996: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. 

H.R. 1054: Mr. MARKEY and Ms. CHU. 

H.R. 1897: Mr. CUMMINGS. 

H.R. 2168: Mr. CHABOT. 

H.R. 2541: Mr. BACHUS. 

H.R. 2600: Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. 

NUNNELEE, Mr. MEEKS, and Mr. SMITH of New 

Jersey. 

H.R. 2794: Mrs. CAPPS. 

H.R. 3264: Mr. MILLER of Florida. 

H.R. 3307: Ms. TSONGAS. 

H.R. 3423: Mr. BOSWELL and Mr. SCHIFF. 

H.R. 3594: Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California and Mr. OWENS. 

H.R. 3687: Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, Mr. 

LIPINSKI, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. 

BROWN of Florida, and Mr. KUCINICH. 

H.R. 3798: Ms. DELAURO and Mr. DOLD. 

H.R. 4327: Mr. REYES. 

H.R. 4405: Mr. HIMES and Ms. WATERS. 

H.R. 5744: Mr. MCCLINTOCK. 

H.R. 5850: Mr. NADLER. 

H.R. 6028: Mr. MEEKS. 

H.R. 6289: Mr. SCHILLING. 

H. Res. 733: Mr. F

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RANK of Massachusetts. 

PETITIONS, ETC. 

Under clause 3 of rule XII, petitions 

and papers were laid on the clerk’s 

desk and referred as follows: 

52. The SPEAKER presented a petition of 

The Board of Chosen Freeholders, New Jersey, relative to urging the President to protect Americans’ religious liberty; to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce. 

53. Also, a petition of the Town of Woodstock, New York, relative to Resolution No. 

220-2012 calling the Congress to honor its obligation to the Constitution by affirming the 

powers given it in Article 1, Section 8; to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

54. Also, a petition of Office of Management and Budget, Indiana, relative to the 

state’s request for reimbursement in the 

amount of $130,953,979; to the Committee on 

the Judiciary. 

55. Also, a petition of City of Miami, Florida, relative to Resolution No. R-12-0241 urging the President and the Congress to abolish Visa requirements for Brazilian tourists 

seeking to travel to the United States; to the 

Committee on the Judiciary. 

56. Also, a petition of the City of Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, relative to Resolution 

No. 2012-78 expressing support for President 

Barack Obama’s use of Executive Authority 

to implement the DREAM Act; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

57. Also, a petition of the Philadelphia Bar 

Association, Pennsylvania, relative to supporting the Violance Against Women Act Reauthorization; jointly to the Committees on 

the Judiciary, Education and the Workforce, 

Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, 

Natural Resources, and the Budget. 


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