[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 16047-16048]
[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. KINZINGER of Illinois:
       H.R. 3241.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     Constitution, Congress has the power to regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. STARK:
       H.R. 3242.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. REHBERG:
        H.R. 3243.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 7.
            By Mrs. HARTZLER:
        H.R. 3244.
        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. DENHAM:
       H.R. 3245.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. AKIN:
        H.R. 3246.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to establish Post Offices and post 
     roads, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. AKIN:
       H.R. 3247.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to establish Post Offices and post 
     roads, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. AKIN:
       H.R. 3248.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to establish Post Offices and post 
     roads, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
        H.R. 3249.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to its authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the 
     Constitution to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and 
     excises.
           By Ms. FUDGE:
        H.R. 3250.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. KLINE:
        H.R. 3251.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution 
     which states, ``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 this constitution in the government of the United 
     States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
            By Mrs. MALONEY:
        H.R. 3252.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution: 
     ``To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign 
     Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;''.
            By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
        H.R. 3253.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution

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