[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16805-16806]
[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. TERRY:
       H.R. 3364.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Commerce Clause: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mrs. LUMMIS:
       H.R. 3365.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3. The Congress shall have power to 
     dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations 
     respecting the territory or other property belonging to the 
     United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so 
     construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or 
     of any particular state.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 3366.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. TOWNS:
       H.R. 3367.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This Bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, known as the 
     ``General Welfare Clause.'' This provision grants Congress 
     the broad power ``to pay the Debts and provide for the common 
     defense and general welfare of the United States.''\1\
       \1\Please note, pursuant to Article I, section 8, Congress 
     has the 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 Mr. McGOVERN:
       H.R. 3368.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: . . . to provide for the 
     common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; 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 Mrs. CAPITO:
       H.R. 3369.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Necessary and Proper Clause: Article 1, Section 8 Clause 18
           By Mr. CRAWFORD:
       H.R. 3370.
       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 ``establish Post Offices and post 
     Roads. . . .''
       Furthermore,
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the enumerated powers listed in Article I, Section 8, 
     which include the power to ``make all laws which shall be 
     necessary for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers . 
     . .''
           By Mr. CARNAHAN:
       H.R. 3371.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1. ``All legislative Powers herein 
     granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, 
     which shall consist of a Senate and a House of 
     Representatives.''
            By Mr. WALSH of Illinois:
        H.R. 3372.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution: 
     ``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 welfarfe of the United 
     States''
            By Mr. HONDA:
       H.R. 3373. Congress has the power to enact this legislation 
     pursuant to the following:
       Section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. REICHERT:
        H.R. 3374.
        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. KING of Iowa:
        H.R. 3375.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress's Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations 
     under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution.

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            By Mr. SCHILLING:
        H.R. 3376.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Appropriations
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7
       No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in 
     Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular 
     Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all 
     public Money shall be published from time to time.
           By Mr. AMODEI:
        H.R. 3377.
        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 I, 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. BENISHEK:
        H.R. 3378.
        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. BERG:
        H.R. 3379.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 section 8 and amendment X to the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. BURTON of Indiana:
       H.R. 3380.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 of the Constitution 
     of the United States.
            By Mr. CASSIDY:
        H.R. 3381.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 3382.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. GONZALEZ:
       H.R. 3383.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the Preamble to the Constitution; Clauses 1, 3, & 18 of 
     Section 8 of Article I; and Clause 2 of Article VI.
           By Mr. HEINRICH:
       H.R. 3384.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8
            By Mr. HOLDEN:
       H.R. 3385.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 15 which grants Congress the 
     power to make rules for the Government and Regulation of the 
     land and naval Forces.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 16 which grants Congress the 
     power to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, 
     the militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be 
     employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to 
     the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and 
     the Authority of training the Militia according to the 
     discipline prescribed by Congress.
            By Mr. HOLT:
       H.R. 3386.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article I of the Constitution of the United States
            By Mr. KING of New York:
       H.R. 3387.
       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;
           By Mr. LANGEVIN:
       H.R. 3388.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, Clause 1 and Article IV, section 3 of 
     the Constitution of the United States grant Congress the 
     authority to enact this bill.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       H.R. 3389.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3.
           By Mr. PEARCE:
       H.R. 3390.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Ms. PINGREE of Maine:
       H.R. 3391.
       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; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
           By Mr. QUAYLE:
       H.R. 3392.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution
           By Mr. RIVERA:
       H.R. 3393.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: Commercial Activity 
     Regulation
           By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California:
       H.R. 3394.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. SHIMKUS:
       H.R. 3395.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: To 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations and among the several 
     States, and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. WALSH of Illinois:
       H.R. 3396.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution: 
     ``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. McCLINTOCK:
       H.J. Res. 84.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the United States Constitution provides for 
     amendments to the United States Constitution.

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