[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 325-326]
[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. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California:
       H.R. 4.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill makes changes to existing law relating to Article 
     1, Section 7 which provides that ``All bills for raising 
     Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.''
            By Mr. SCALISE:
        H.R. 262.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. ACKERMAN:
        H.R. 263.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1.
            By Mr. THOMPSON of California:
        H.R. 264.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, and Article IV, Section 3, of the 
     Constitution of the United States grant Congress the 
     authority to enact this bill.
            By Ms. NORTON:
        H.R. 265.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the Constitution.
            By Ms. NORTON:
        H.R. 266.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution.
            By Ms. NORTON:
        H.R. 267.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. CAPUANO:
        H.R. 268.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. CAPUANO:
        H.R. 269.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado:
        H.R. 270.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authorities on which this bill rests 
     are: the power of Congress to make rules for the government 
     and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States 
     Constitution; and the power of Congress to make law regarding 
     the compensation for the services of Senators and 
     Representatives, as enumerated in Article I, Section 6, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, as amended by the 
     27th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
           Mr. FORTENBERRY:
        H.R. 271.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
        H.R. 272.
        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. FORTENBERRY:
        H.R. 273.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
        H.R. 274.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 275.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 276.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 277.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
        H.R. 278.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 279.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. GALLEGLY:
       H.R. 280.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 & 4 of the U.S. 
     Constitution, giving Congress the power to regulate 
     interstate commerce and exclude illegal aliens.
           By Mr. GALLEGLY:
       H.R. 281.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, 
     relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper 
     for carrying out the powers vested in Congress. Also this 
     legislation can be enacted under the authority granted in 
     Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2, relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States.

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           By Mr. GALLEGLY:
       H.R. 282.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 3 & 4 of the U.S. 
     Constitution dealing with the ability to regulate interstate 
     commerce and exclude illegal aliens.
           By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 283.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Commerce Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 3); Necessary and Proper 
     Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 18).
           By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 284.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 1); Commerce 
     Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 3); Necessary and Proper Clause 
     (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 18).
           By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 285.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Naturalization Clause (Art 1 sec. 8 cl. 4)
           By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 286.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 1); Commerce 
     Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 3); Necessary and Proper Clause 
     (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 18); Property Clause (Art. IV sec. 3 cl. 
     2).
           By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 287.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 1); Commerce 
     Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 3); Necessary and Proper Clause 
     (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 18).
           By Ms. HIRONO:
        H.R. 288.
       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.
       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 Ms. HIRONO:
       H.R. 289.
       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.''
       Sixteenth Amendment: ``The Congress shall have 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. HUNTER:
       H.R. 290.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority for the War Memorial 
     Protection Act is found in Section 3, clause 2 of Article IV, 
     which states in part that ``the Congress shall have Power to 
     dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations 
     respecting the Territory and other Property belonging to the 
     United States.'' Constitutional authority is also found in 
     Clause 18 of Article I, Section 8, which states that Congress 
     has the authority 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 Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
        H.R. 291.
        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 1), which grants Congress the 
     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. LEE of New York:
       H.R. 292.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 5, Each House may determine the Rules of 
     its Proceedings.
            By Mr. STEARNS:
       H.R. 293.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. STEARNS:
        H.R. 294.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
        H.R. 295.
        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. 296.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article IV, Section 3, 
     Clause 2.
           By Mr. CARTER:
       H.J. Res. 19.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Amendment X of the United 
     States Constitution.

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