[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15311-15312]
[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. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 3154.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18; and including, but not 
     solely limited to the 14th Amendment.
           By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona:
       H.R. 3155.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce Clause.
           By Mr. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 3156.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This law is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clauses 1, 3, and 18 to the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. NEAL:
       H.R. 3157.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I and the 16th Amendment 
     to the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. CRAWFORD:
       H.R. 3158.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the enumerated powers listed in Article I, Section 8, 
     which include the power to ``regulate commerce . . . among 
     the several States . . .''.
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 3159.
       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. BROUN of Georgia:
       H.R. 3160.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution 
     clause 18 (relating to the power of Congress to make all laws 
     necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in 
     Congress).
           By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
       H.R. 3161.
       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 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER:
       H.R. 3162.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, which states, ``The 
     Congress shall have Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide 
     for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United 
     States . . .''
           By Ms. BROWN of Florida:
       H.R. 3163.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section IV.
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 3164.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
           By Mr. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 3165.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clauses 1 and 18 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. DENT:
       H.R. 3166.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 3167.
       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. JONES:
       H.R. 3168.
       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 4, section 4 of the United 
     States Constitution:
       The United States shall guarantee to every State in this 
     Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each 
     of them against Invasion; and on Application of the 
     Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot 
     be convened) against domestic violence.
           By Ms. LEE of California:
       H.R. 3169.
       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 Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut:
       H.R. 3170.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut:
       H.R. 3171.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut:
       H.R. 3172.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I. Section 8.
           By Mr. SCALISE:
       H.R. 3173.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:
       H.R. 3174.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 The Congress shall have 
     power * * * To establish Post Offices and post roads.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 3175.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18

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