[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 606-607]
[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. GINGREY of Georgia:
       H.R. 5.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this legislation is 
     based is found in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution, as health care-related lawsuits are activities 
     that affect interstate commerce.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas:
       H.R. 394.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 9 and Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     Constitution; and Section 1 of Article III of the 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 395.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution grants Congress 
     the power to enact this legislation.
           By Mr. SESSIONS:
       H.R. 396.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8--Powers of Congress
       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 Mr. HERGER:
       H.R. 397.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 2 of the ``Reform Americans Can Afford Act'' 
     repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and 
     the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, which 
     include several specific provisions that exceed the powers 
     granted to Congress by the Constitution. The general repeal 
     of these laws is consistent with the Tenth Amendment, which 
     reserves to the States and to the people those powers that 
     are not delegated to the United States by the Constitution.
       Division A (Sections 101 and 111), Title IV of Division B, 
     and Division F are enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the Constitution, which grants Congress the power 
     to collect taxes to pay debts and provide for the common 
     defense and general welfare of the United States.
       Division A (except Sections 101 and 111), Division B 
     (except Title IV), Division C, Division E, and Division G are 
     enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution, which grants Congress the power to regulate 
     interstate commerce.
       Division D removes the federal government from the doctor-
     patient relationship consistent with the rights and powers 
     reserved to the states and the people under the Ninth and 
     Tenth Amendments.
       Division F (Section 602) protects the right of the people 
     to free exercise of religion

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     under the First Amendment, and the right of the people to the 
     equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment.
           By Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California:
       H.R. 398.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 4 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. FLAKE:
       H.R. 399.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The enumerated powers listed in Article I, Section 8 
     include the power to ``establish an uniform Rule of 
     Naturalization,'' which has been interpreted to also include 
     regulation of immigration.
           By Mr. BACA:
       H.R. 400.
       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. CARSON of Indiana:
       H.R. 401.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of Section 5 of Article I of the Constitution, 
     Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, and 
     Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 402.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 403.
       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, 14, and 18), which grant 
     Congress the power to provide for the common Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States; to make rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; and 
     to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.
            By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
        H.R. 404.
        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. GRAVES of Missouri:
       H.R. 405.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution, Congress shall have power to Regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes.
       GRAVES_003 seeks to add an additional goal for Airport 
     Master Plans under Section 47101 of Title 49, United States 
     Code.
           By Mr. JONES:
       H.R. 406.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, which grants 
     Congress the authority to make law governing the time, place 
     and manner of holding federal elections.
           By Mr. JONES:
       H.R. 407.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 5 of the U.S. Constitution, which grants 
     Congress the authority to determine the rules of its own 
     proceedings, and Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. 
     Constitution, which grants Congress the authority to make 
     rules for the government and regulation of the armed forces.
           By Mr. JORDAN:
       H.R. 408.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill makes specific changes to existing law in a manner 
     that returns power to the States and to the people, in 
     accordance with Amendment X of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Alabama:
       H.R. 409.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The power of Congress to make rules to provide for the 
     common defense, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 
     1 of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California:
       H.R. 410.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. PLATTS:
       H.R. 411.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, subsection 4 and Amendment XIV.
           By Mr. TURNER:
       H.J. Res. 22.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the United States Constitution, Constitutional 
     Amendments.

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