[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 14958-14959]
[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 Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
       H.R. 3114.
       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 . . .''
           By Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado:
       H.R. 3115.
       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. KING of New York:
       H.R. 3116.
       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 18
       The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall 
     be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     forgoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any 
     Department of Officer thereof.
           By Mr. WITTMAN:
       H.R. 3117.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
           By Mr. FARENTHOLD:
       H.R. 3118.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California:
       H.R. 3119.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution.
           By Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California:
       H.R. 3120.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. BARROW:
       H.R. 3121.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I. Sec. 9, Cl. 7 (no spending ``but in Consequence of 
     Appropriations made by Law'').
           By Mr. HANNA:
       H.R. 3122.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Section 8 of Article I of 
     the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. TIBERI:
       H.R. 3123.
       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. CLAY:
       H.R. 3124.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States grants the Congress the power to enact this 
     law.
           By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       H.R. 3125.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California:
       H.R. 3126.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, 3, 18 of the U.S. 
     Constitution; Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. POSEY:
       H.R. 3127.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. GRIMM:
       H.R. 3128.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. BACA:
       H.R. 3129.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mrs. BACHMANN:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       As human beings capable of exhibiting detectible heartbeats 
     through the most modern medical technology, the unborn are 
     granted the right to due process under Section 1 of the 14th 
     Amendment of the United States Constitution 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.''
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 3131.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 10 of the Constitution of the United States and 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
           By Ms. CHU:
       H.R. 3132.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1, Section 8, Article 1 of the Constitution.
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 3133.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Ms. DeLAURO:
        H.R. 3134.
        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. DUNCAN of South Carolina:
        H.R. 3135.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Because this legislation adjusts the formula the federal 
     government uses to spend money on federal contracts, it is 
     authorized by the Constitution under Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 1, which grants Congress its spending power.
            By Mr. FORBES:
        H.R. 3136.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 6 and Amendment XXVII
            By Mr. GARRETT:
        H.R. 3137.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California:
        H.R. 3138.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1, 3, and 18.
            By Ms. NORTON:
        H.R. 3139.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Ms. SPEIER:
        H.R. 3140.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitution including Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. WELCH:
        H.R. 3141.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, the power to make 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.
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
        H.R. 3142.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. McGOVERN:
        H.J. Res. 80.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, authorizes the 
     Congress:
       1) ``to provide for the common Defence and general Welfare 
     of the United States,'' and
       2) ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper 
     for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.''

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