[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16494-16495]
[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. FLORES:
       H.R. 3306.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7.
           By Mr. REICHERT:
       H.R. 3307.
       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. POMPEO:
       H.R. 3308.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. WALDEN:
       H.R. 3309.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, which empowers 
     Congress to regulate Commerce among the several States.
           By Mr. SCALISE:
       H.R. 3310.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, which empowers 
     Congress to regulate Commerce among the several States.
           By Mr. BILBRAY:
       H.R. 3311.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. BRADY of Texas:
       H.R. 3312.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: ``The Congress shall have 
     Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations. . . 
     .''
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 3313.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Interstate Commerce Clause
           By Mrs. CAPPS:
       H.R. 3314.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. CASSIDY:
       H.R. 3315.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 3316.
       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 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 3317.
       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

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     United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and 
     further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the 
     United States.
           By Mr. FLEISCHMANN:
       H.R. 3318.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 1.
           By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 3319.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. HANABUSA:
       H.R. 3320.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, to regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes; and 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 this Constitution in the Government of the United 
     States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. HERGER:
       H.R. 3321.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution which 
     allows the Congress of the United States 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. HIMES:
       H.R. 3322.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. HUELSKAMP:
       H.R. 3323.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress the 
     authority to regulate commerce between the several states, 
     and from Amendment X to the United States Constitution, which 
     grants states all authority not explicitly given to the 
     federal government. This bill seeks to ensure and promote 
     commerce between states, and to return authority previously 
     and erroneously claimed by the federal government, back to 
     the states.
           By Ms. LEE of California:
       H.R. 3324.
       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 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Mr. PERLMUTTER:
       H.R. 3325.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution of 
     the United States, whereby the Congress is authorized to 
     provide for the ``general Welfare of the United States.''
           By Mr. QUAYLE:
       H.R. 3326.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment X of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. REED:
       H.R. 3327.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 as well as Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 18.
           By Mr. RENACCI:
       H.R. 3328.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. 1, Sec. 8, Clause. 3 To regulate commerce among 
     foreign nations and the several states.
           By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California:
       H.R. 3329.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California:
       H.R. 3330.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 3331.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution

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