[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 19040]
[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. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 3563.
       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 
     forgoing 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. RANGEL:
       H.R. 3564.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5
       Section 1: No State shall make or enforce any law which 
     shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the 
     United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of 
     life, liberty, or property, without due process

     of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the 
     equal protection of the laws.
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           By Mr. FLORES:
       H.R. 3565.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 6; and Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. TOWNS:
       H.R. 3566.
       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. This provision 
     grants Congress the power to regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States and with the Indian 
     Tribes.
           By Mr. BOUSTANY:
       H.R. 3567.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general 
     Welfare of the United States.''
            By Mr. KILDEE:
        H.R. 3568.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: 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. BACA:
        H.R. 3569.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mrs. CAPPS:
        H.R. 3570.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Ms. CHU:
       H.R. 3571.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution of the United States of America, the authority 
     to enact this legislation rests with the Congress.
            By Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia:
        H.R. 3572.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The ``necessary and proper'' clause of Article 1, Section 8 
     of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. MOORE:
        H.R. 3573.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 1 and 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     Constitution
            By Mr. REED:
        H.R. 3574.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. ELLISON:
        H.J. Res. 92.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V

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