[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 1350-1352]
[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 Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 519.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, including Clause 
     18 of that Section.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 520.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 521.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California:
       H.R. 522.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 and 18 of Section 8, Article I, of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. GONZALEZ:
       H.R. 523.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18; Article I, Section 9, Clause 7.

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           By Mr. QUAYLE:
       H.R. 524.
       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 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Ms. BALDWIN:
       H.R. 525.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 of the Constitution 
     of the United States.
           By Mr. CALVERT:
       H.R.526.
       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, specifically Clause 1 and Clause 18.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas:
       H.R. 527.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution; 
     Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     including, but not limited to, Clauses 1, 3 and 18 of Section 
     8; Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States 
     Constitution; and the Sixteenth Amendment to the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 528.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce Clause.
           By Ms. JENKINS:
       H.R. 529.
       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 and Amendment XVI to the United States 
     Constitution.
       Description: The first is ``The Congress shall have Power 
     to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises . . 
     .''; and the second grants Congress the power to lay and 
     collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, 
     without apportionment among the several States, and without 
     regard to any census or enumeration.
           By Mr. BACA:
       H.R. 530.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H.R. 531.
       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 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 532.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The attached bill is constitutional under Article I, 
     Section IX, ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but 
     in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law''.
           By Mr. CALVERT:
       H.R. 533.
       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, specifically Clause 1 and Clause 18, and 
     Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2.
           By Mrs. CAPITO:
           H.R. 534.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. CARSON of Indiana:
       H.R. 535.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16, which grants Congress the power 
     to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy; 
     to make rules for the government and regulation of the land 
     and naval forces; and to provide for organizing, arming, and 
     disciplining the militia.
           By Mr. COLE:
       H.R. 536.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I, Clause 2 of Section 2 
     of Article II.
           By Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia:
       H.R. 537.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18.
           By Mr. CUELLAR:
       H.R. 538.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause 
     (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18): 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. DEUTCH:
       H.R. 539.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 as interpreted by Steward 
     Machine Company v. Davis and by Helvering v. Davis (``general 
     welfare'' and general taxation).
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 540.
       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 (Clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), which 
     grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to 
     provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government 
     and regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for 
     organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to make 
     all laws necessary and proper to execute these powers.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 541.
       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 (Clauses 1, 3, 14, and 18), which grant 
     Congress the power to provide for the general welfare of the 
     United States; to regulate Commerce among the several States; 
     to make rules for the Government; and to make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 542.
       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 (Clauses 1, 3, 14, and 18), which grant 
     Congress the power to provide for the general welfare of the 
     United States; to regulate Commerce among the several States; 
     to make rules for the Government; and to make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 543.
       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 (Clauses 1, 3, 14, 17, and 18), which 
     grant Congress the power to provide for the general welfare 
     of the United States; to regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States; to make rules for the 
     Government; To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases 
     whatsoever, over . . . other needful Buildings; and to make 
     all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying 
     into Execution the foregoing Powers.
           By Mr. FILNER:
        H.R. 544.
       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. FILNER:
        H.R. 545.
       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 (Clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), which 
     grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to 
     provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government 
     and regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for 
     organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to make 
     all laws necessary and proper to execute these powers.
           By Mr. FORBES:
        H.R. 546.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 13; Article IV, Section 3, 
     Clause 2.
           By Mr. GARRETT:
        H.R. 547.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       In accordance clause 7(c) of rule XII of the Rules of the 
     House of Representatives (relating to Constitutional 
     Authority), I state that the power granted to Congress in the 
     Constitution to enact this bill is derived from Article I of 
     the Constitution, Section 8 (``The Congress shall have Power 
     To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises . . 
     .''), and from the 16th Amendment to the Constitution.
           By Mr. GINGREY of Georgia:
        H.R. 548.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution, Congress has the authority ``to regulate 
     commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes.''
           By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
       H.R. 549.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, of the United 
     States Constitution, Congress shall have the power to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among several 
     States, and with Indian Tribes.
       GRAVES__-007 seeks to address piston engine aircraft 
     emissions. Piston engine aircraft are involved in intrastate 
     and interstate commerce.
           By Mr. HINOJOSA:
       H.R. 550.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 551.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have the 
     Power To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 552.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1.
            By Mr. MARKEY:
       H.R. 553.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. McCOTTER:
       H.R. 554.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have 
     Power: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. KUCINICH:
       H.R. 555.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 1, 3, and 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. McCOTTER:
       H.R. 556.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have 
     Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. NEUGEBAUER:
       H.R. 557.
       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.
           By Mr. NEUGEBAUER:
       H.R. 558.
       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. RICHMOND:
       H.R. 559.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to 
     Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 
     1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the 
     Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18).
       Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made 
     for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII 
     of the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall have 
     no bearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill.
           By Mr. WALDEN:
       H.R. 560.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     pursuant to the following:
       (1) 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 Defense 
     and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, 
     Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United 
     States.''
       (2) Article I, Section 1--All legislative powers herein 
     granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, 
     which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
           By Mr. WELCH:
       H.R. 561.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1--the taxing and spending 
     clause.
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 562.
       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 make rules for the government and 
     regulate commerce, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 563.
       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 make rules for the government and 
     regulate commerce, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 564.
       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 4), which grants Congress the 
     power to establish a Uniform rule of Naturalization 
     throughout the United States.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 565.
       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 4), which grants Congress the 
     power to establish a Uniform rule of Naturalization 
     throughout the United States.
           By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:
       H.J. Res. 23.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 5 of the Constitution states: 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. NEUGEBAUER:
       H.J. Res. 24.
       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.

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