[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13858-13859]
[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. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 2967.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. WITTMAN:
       H.R. 2968.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I. Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grants Congress the authority to coin money, regulate 
     the value and fix the standard of weights and measures.
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 2969.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The attached bill is constitutional under Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 3: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes'' as well as Article 1, 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 Mr. BACA:
       H.R. 2970.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution--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. HULTGREN:
       H.R. 2971.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. LARSEN of Washington:
       H.R. 2972.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution, ``the House 
     of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every 
     second Year by the People of the several States.'' As 
     described in Article 1, Section 1 ``all legislative powers 
     herein granted shall be vested in a Congress.'' I was elected 
     in 2010 to serve in the 112th Congress as certified by the 
     Secretary of State of Washington state.
       Article III, Section 2 states that the Supreme Court has 
     ``the judicial power'' that ``shall extend to all cases, in 
     law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of 
     the United States.'' Article II, Section 1 of the 
     Constitution provides that the Supreme Court is the supreme 
     law of the land when stating ``The judicial power of the 
     United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court.''
       The power of judicial review of the Supreme Court was 
     upheld in Marbury v Madison in 1803, giving the Supreme Court 
     the authority to strike down any law it deems 
     unconstitutional. Members of Congress, having been elected 
     and taken the oath of office, are given the authority to 
     introduce legislation and only the Supreme Court, as 
     established by the Constitution and precedent, can determine 
     the Constitutionality of this authority.
           By Mr. MATHESON:
       H.R. 2973.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The 10th Amendment of the Constitution.
           By Ms. MOORE:
       H.R. 2974.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress' power under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of 
     the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. NADLER:
       H.R. 2975.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clauses 1, 17, and 18.
           By Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey:
       H.R. 2976.
       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 Defense 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 18: The Congress shall have 
     Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper 
     for carrying into Execution the forgoing Powers,

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     and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.
           By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:
       H.R. 2977.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, (``The Congress shall have Power To . 
     . . coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign 
     coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures.''
           By Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia:
       H.R. 2978.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 2979.
       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 Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 
     of the Constitution.
           By Mr. TONKO:
       H.R. 2980.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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.

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