[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15573]
[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. GARRETT:
       H.R. 3176.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Tenth Amendment to the Constitution: ``The powers not 
     delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor 
     prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States 
     respectively, or to the people.''
           By Mr. McGOVERN:
       H.R. 3177.
       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, Clause 3, which says, ``To regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes,'' and Clause 18, which says, ``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. WOOLSEY:
       H.R. 3178.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is introduced under the powers granted to 
     Congress under Article 1 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. WOMACK:
       H.R. 3179.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 3180.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 5 and 6.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 3181.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 3182.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
           By Mr. YARMUTH:
       H.R. 3183.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 3184.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. LATTA:
       H.R. 3185.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This resolution is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 
     8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. DOGGETT:
       H.R. 3186.
       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. DOLD:
       H.R. 3187.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5 which states ``The Congress 
     shall have the power . . . To coin Money, regulate the Value 
     thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standards of 
     Weights and Measures.''
           By Mr. DOLD:
       H.R. 3188.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 3, which provides Congress the 
     power to ``regulate commerce with foreign Nations and among 
     the several States.'' This legislation authorizes general 
     capital increases for multi-lateral development banks.
           By Mrs. CAPPS:
       H.R. 3189.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 3190.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 3191.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. COSTA:
       H.R. 3192.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. FINCHER:
       H.R. 3193.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas:
       H.R. 3194.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia:
       H.R. 3195.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to 
     Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and as further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California:
       H.R. 3196.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Peremptory Challenge Act of 2011 is authorized by 
     Article 1 Section 8 under the Commerce Clause and the 
     authority to constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme 
     Court
           By Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS:
       H.R. 3197.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. NEAL:
       H.R. 3198.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to clauses 3 and 18 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 3199.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. CARNAHAN:
       H.R. 3200.
       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 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Ms. WATERS:
       H.R. 3201.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 5, Clause 2
       Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, 
     punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the 
     Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.
       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 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.

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