[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 557-559]
[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. SMITH of New Jersey:
        H.R. 3.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill is based is 
     Congress's power under the Spending Clause in Article I, 
     Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky:
       H.R. 10.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted Congress 
     under article I of the United States Constitution, including 
     the power granted Congress under article I, section 8, clause 
     18, of the United States Constitution, and the power granted 
     to each House of Congress under article I, section 5, clause 
     2, of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. PITTS:
       H.R. 358.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Protect Life Act would overturn an unconstitutional 
     mandate regarding abortion in the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act.
            By Mr. COLE:
        H.R. 359.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment XVI to the United States Constitution.
       Additionally, since the Constitution does not provide 
     Congress with the power to provide financial support to 
     candidates seeking election to offices of the United States 
     or to U.S. political parties, the general repeal of the 
     presidential election fund is consistent with the powers that 
     are reserved to the States and to the people as expressed in 
     Amendment X to the United States Constitution.
       Further, Article I Section 8 defines the scope and powers 
     of Congress and does not include this concept of taxation in 
     furtherance of funding campaigns within the delegated powers.
            By Mr. BURGESS:
        H.R. 360.
        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, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United 
     States Constitution.
       In addition, the bill extends equal treatment to all 
     Congressional staff in respect to numerous court 
     interpretations of the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection 
     Clause to the Constitution ``shall make or enforce any law 
     which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens 
     of the United States . . . nor deny to any person within its 
     jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.''
           By Mr. FLEMING:
       H.R. 361.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill makes specific changes to existing law in a 
     manner that provides conscience protections in accord with 
     the lst Amendment of the United States Constitution. Further, 
     this bill creates a private right of action in federal court 
     in accord with Clause 9 of Section 8 of Article I and Clause 
     18, Section 8 of Article I, of the United States 
     Constitution. Similarly, this bill provides for preventing 
     disbursement of all or a portion of certain Federal financial 
     assistance in accord with Clause 1, Section 8 Article 1.
           By Mr. CONAWAY:
       H.R. 362.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. CARDOZA:
       H.R. 363.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to its authority under Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of 
     the Constitution to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among several States, and with Indian Tribes.

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           By Mr. LATHAM:
       H.R. 364.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. GRIMM:
        H.R. 365.
        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. GRAVES of Missouri:
        H.R. 366.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 3 ``To regulate commerce among foreign 
     nations and the several states.''
            By Ms. RICHARDSON:
        H.R. 367.
        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 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:
        H.R. 368.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 9 and 18.
           By Mr. AUSTRIA:
       H.R. 369.
       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 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. BACA:
       H.R. 370.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 371.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This Act is enacted pursuant to the power granted Congress 
     under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. BUCHANAN:
       H.R. 372.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this legislation 
     rests is the power of Congress enumerated in Article I, 
     Section 8 of the Constitution.
            By Ms. FOXX:
        H.R. 373.
       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. HUNTER:
        H.R. 374.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation makes clear that human life begins at the 
     moment of conception and, therefore, the unborn are entitled 
     to the same rights and protections afforded to all American 
     citizens under the U.S. Constitution. In affirming human life 
     begins at conception, the unborn are granted the right to due 
     process under Section 1 of the 14th Amendment which 
     explicitly states, ``no state shall make or enforce any law 
     which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens 
     of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person 
     of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; 
     nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal 
     protection of the laws.''
       The Life at Conception Act allows for constitutional 
     protection for the unborn that they not ``be deprived of 
     life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law'' 
     afforded under the 5th Amendment.
            By Mr. KILDEE:
       H.R. 375.
        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 3 of the United 
     States Constitution which gives Congress the power ``to 
     regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several 
     states, and with the Indian tribes''.
           By Mr. KING of New York:
        H.R. 376.
        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. LEE of California:
        H.R. 377.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. LEE of California:
        H.R. 378.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. LEE of California:
        H.R. 379.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. LEE of California:
        H.R. 380.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. LEE of California:
        H.R. 381.
        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. LEE of California:
       H.R. 382.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. LEE of California:
       H.R. 383.
       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. LEE of California:
       H.R. 384.
       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. LEE of California:
       H.R. 385.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California:
       H.R. 386.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is justified under the Commerce Clause of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. PETRI:
       H.R. 387.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 which, in part, states: 
     ``The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises, . . . and the Sixteenth 
     Amendment which states: 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. ROONEY:
       H.R. 388.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: ``To raise and support armies, but no 
     appropriation of money to use shall be for a longer term than 
     two years; to make rules for the government and regulation of 
     the land and naval forces.''
           By Mr. SCHOCK:
       H.R. 389.
       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 as stated in Article I, Section 9 and 
     Amendment X of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California:
       H.R. 390.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
           By Mr. HINCHEY:
       H.R. 391.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 4 and Amendment I, 
     Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. LEE of California:
       H.R. 392.
       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

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     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.''
           By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD:
       H.R. 393.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18.
           By Mr. CARTER:
       H.J. Res. 21.
       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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