[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 19989-19990]
[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. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 3638.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. l and 8.
           By Mr. NUGENT:
       H.R. 3639.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 5 of the United States Constitution, 
     which sets the rules for how Congress operates.
           By Mr. DENHAM:
       H.R. 3640.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
       The Court invoked ``the great power of taxation to be 
     exercised for the common defence and general welfare'' to 
     sustain the right of the Federal Goverment to acquire land 
     within a state for use as a national park. [160 U.S. at 681]
           By Mr. FARR:
       H.R. 3641.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Sec. 8 U.S. Constitution
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 3642.
       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. COOPER:
       H.R. 3643.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. GARRETT:
        H.R. 3644.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 grants Congress the power 
     ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes.'' Additionally, 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 grants Congress the authority 
     ``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 Ms. SUTTON:
       H.R. 3645.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. SUTTON:
       H.R. 3646.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. SUTTON:
       H.R. 3647.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York:
       H.R. 3648.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. BACA:
       H.R. 3649.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas:
       H.R. 3650.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Commerce Clause of the Constitution Article I Sec. 8.
           By Mr. BARROW:
       H.R. 3651.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 Clause 3, the Commerce Clause.
           By Mr. DesJARLAIS:
       H.R. 3652.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress 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, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. DOGGETT:
        H.R. 3653.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution that grants 
     Congress the authority, ``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 Ms. HOCHUL:
       H.R. 3654.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The power of the Congress to provide for the general 
     welfare, to regulate commerce, and to make all laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution 
     Federal powers, as enumerated in section 8 of article I of 
     the Constitution of the United States.
            By Mr. ROYCE:
        H.R. 3655.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 3
           By Mr. SESSIONS:
       H.R. 3656.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 3
            By Mr. TERRY:
        H.R. 3657.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Commerce Clause: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3

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