[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14229-14230]
[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. MARCHANT:
        H.R. 3008.
        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 1, related to 
     providing for the general welfare. Additionally, it is 
     enacted under the authority provided in Article I, Section 8 
     related to Congress' ability to ``[carry] into Execution the 
     foregoing powers.''
           By Mr. FLEMING:
       H.R. 3009.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the 
     United States of America.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas:
       H.R. 3010.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, and 
     Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     including, but not limited to, Clauses 1, 3 and 18.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Alabama:
       H.R. 3011.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which 
     grants Congress the power to provide for the common Defence 
     of the United States, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of 
     the Constitution of the United States, which provides 
     Congress the power to make ``all laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper'' for carrying out the constitutional 
     powers vested in the Government of the United States.
           By Mr. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 3012.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This law is enacted pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clauses 4 and 18 to the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 3013.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 9, 
     Clause 7
           By Mr. POLIS:
       H.R. 3014.
       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.
           By Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 3015.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, the 
     General Welfare clause
           By Mr. BARROW:
       H.R. 3016.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. BERMAN:
       H.R. 3017.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause IV of the Constitution
           By Mr. CAPUANO:
       H.R. 3018.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: Congress shall have the power to lay 
     and collect taxes, duties, imposts, excises, to pay the debts 
     and provide for the common deference and general welfare of 
     the United States.
           By Mr. CARSON of Indiana:
       H.R. 3019.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution grants Congress the implied power to utilize 
     collected taxes to provide for the general welfare of the 
     United States.
           By Mr. PIERLUISI:
       H.R. 3020.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to: (1) provide for the general 
     welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; (2) to 
     lay and collect taxes, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the Constitution; (3) to make all laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution 
     such power, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 
     of the Constitution; and (4) to make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the Territory of the United States, as 
     provided for under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. CARSON of Indiana:
       H.R. 3021.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution grants Congress the implied power to utilize 
     collected taxes to provide for the general welfare of the 
     United States.
           By Mr. CARSON of Indiana:
       H.R. 3022.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution grants Congress the implied power to utilize 
     collected taxes to provide for the general welfare of the 
     United States.
           By Mr. DOYLE:
       H.R. 3023.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant Section 8 of Article 
     I of the United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. HANNA:
       H.R. 3024.
       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, of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. KING of New York:
       H.R. 3025.
       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 Mr. MATHESON:
       H.R. 3026.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York:
       H.R. 3027.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the 
     Congress by Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. MORAN:
       H.R. 3028.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14; Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 18.
           By Mr. MULVANEY:
       H.R. 3029.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
       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. NADLER:
       H.R. 3030.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. 1, sec. 8, cl. 3 (``To regulate Commerce . . . among 
     the several States'', and cl. 18 (``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. REED:
       H.R. 3031.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 as well as Article 1, 
     Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. REICHERT:
       H.R. 3032.
       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 1, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to 
     providing for the general welfare of the United States) and 
     clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary 
     and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress), 
     and Article IV, 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).
            By Mr. REYES:
       H.R. 3033.
       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;
       Clause 2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United 
     States;
       Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
       Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, 
     and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout 
     the United States;
       Clause 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of 
     foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
       Clause 6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting 
     the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
       Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
       Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful 
     Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors 
     the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and 
     Discoveries;
       Clause 9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme 
     Court;
       Clause 10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies 
     committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of 
     Nations;
       Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and 
     Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and 
     Water;
       Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no 
     Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term 
     than two Years;
       Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy;
       Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation 
     of the land and naval Forces;
       Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to 
     execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and 
     repel Invasions;
       Clause 16: To provide for organizing, arming, and 
     disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of 
     them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, 
     reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the 
     Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according 
     to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
       Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases 
     whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles 
     square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the 
     Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of 
     the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all 
     Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the 
     State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, 
     Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful 
     Buildings;--And
       Clause 18: 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. SPEIER:
       H.R. 3034.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: Congress shall have the power to 
     regulate commerce among the states, and provide for the 
     general welfare.
           By Mr. TERRY:
        H.R. 3035.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Commerce Clause: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. YARMUTH:
       H.R. 3036.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 3037.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 2

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