[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17628-17629]
[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. LANKFORD:
       H.R. 3433.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 9
       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 Ms. McCOLLUM:
       H.R. 3434.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which gives Congress the 
     power ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper 
     for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers.''
           By Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 3435.
       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 1, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 3436.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, 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. BUTTERFIELD:
       H.R. 3437.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, 
     Congress has the power to collect taxes and expend funds to 
     provide for the general welfare of the United States. 
     Congress may also make laws that are necessary and proper for 
     carrying into execution their powers enumerated under Article 
     I.
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 3438.
       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 (clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), which 
     grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to 
     provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government 
     and regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for 
     organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to make 
     all laws necessary and proper to execute these powers.
           By Mr. FLAKE:
       H.R. 3439.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article I, Section 8, grants Congress the power to regulate 
     commerce with foreign nations.
           By Mr. FLAKE:
       H.R. 3440.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2.
       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. FLEISCHMANN:
       H.R. 3441.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 1.
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 3442.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. KINGSTON:
       H.R. 3443.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
       The Congress shall have the Power . . . To establish an 
     uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the 
     subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States
           By Mr. KINGSTON:
       H.R. 3444.
       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. LOEBSACK:
       H.R. 3445.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the Constitution which 
     grants Congress the power to provide for the general Welfare 
     of the United States.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       H.R. 3446.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. QUIGLEY:
       H.R. 3447.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     found in Article I, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. RENACCI:
       H.R. 3448.
       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.''
       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.'''
           By Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
       H.R. 3449.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, Clause 14; To make Rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.
       Article 1, 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. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 3450.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.

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