[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18256]
[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. WAXMAN:
       H.R. 3509.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of section 8 of article I, and clause 18 of 
     section 8 of article I of the Constitution
            By Mr. GRIMM:
       H.R. 3510.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7
           By Mr. OLSON:
       H.R. 3511.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3--The Congress shall have 
     Power To . . . regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes 
     (Commerce Clause)
           By Mr. NADLER:
       H.R. 3512.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clauses 1, and 18.
           By Ms. BROWN of Florida:
       H.R. 3513.
       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, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. CLAY:
       H.R. 3514.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia:
       H.R. 3515.
       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. MURPHY of Connecticut:
       H.R. 3516.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. OWENS:
       H.R. 3517.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3 (Commerce Clause).
           By Mr. ROGERS of Michigan:
       H.R. 3518.
       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, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. TOWNS:
       H.R. 3519.
       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. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 3520.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.

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