[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 21291-21292]
[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. BARTON of Texas:
       H.R. 3696.
       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, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mrs. CAPITO:
       H.R. 3697.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 & 18 of Section 8, Article I, of the U.S. 
     Constitution
           By Mr. McCAUL:
       H.R. 3698.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8
           By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 3699.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 8:
       To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by 
     securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the 
     exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries
           By Mr. McCAUL:
       H.R. 3700.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia:
       H.R. 3701.
       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. GARAMENDI:
       H.R. 3702.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1--The Legislative Branch
       Section 8--Powers of Congress
       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;
       To borrow money on the credit of the United States;
       To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
       To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform 
     Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United 
     States;
       To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign 
     Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
       To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the 
     Securities and current Coin of the United States;
       To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;
       To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by 
     securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the 
     exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
       To constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;
       To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the 
     high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;
       To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and 
     make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
       To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money 
     to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
       To provide and maintain a Navy;
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces;
       To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the 
     Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel 
     Invasions;
       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;
       To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, 
     over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, 
     by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of 
     Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United 
     States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places 
     purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in 
     which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, 
     Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; 
     And
       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. INSLEE:
       H.R. 3703.
       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 which states 
     that Congress shall have the power ``to regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.'' and that Congress shall have 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. ACKERMAN:
       H.R. 3704.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mrs. CAPPS:
       H.R. 3705.
       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. CHRISTENSEN:
       H.R. 3706.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3 of the US Constitution which 
     provides: 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 particular 
     State.
           By Mr. FLAKE:
       H.R. 3707.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 5,

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     Clause 2, which includes ``each House may determine the rules 
     of its proceedings.''
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 3708.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. GIBSON:
       H.R. 3709.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article I, section 8, clauses 11, 12, 13, 14, and 18.
           By Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas:
       H.R. 3710.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill in enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H.R. 3711.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. HEINRICH:
       H.R. 3712.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8
           By Mr. HOLDEN:
       H.R. 3713.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. HOLT:
       H.R. 3714.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. HOLT:
       H.R. 3715.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. HUELSKAMP:
H.R. 3716.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 the Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 3717.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Sec. 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. KEATING:
       H.R. 3718.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 3719.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The principal constitutional authority for this legislation 
     is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States (the appropriation power), which states: 
     ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 
     Consequence of Appropriations made by Law. . . .'' In 
     addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the 
     Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress 
     shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. 
     . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions 
     establish the congressional power of the purse, granting 
     Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine 
     their purpose, amount, and period of availability, and to set 
     forth terms and conditions governing their use.
           By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 3720.
       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, Section 8, Clause 1 and under 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. MEEHAN:
       H.R. 3721.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. PEARCE:
       H.R. 3722.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. SCHILLING:
       H.R. 3723.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, 
     Section 8, Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16 of the United States 
     Constitution, the bill is authorized by Congress' power over 
     the care of the Armed Forces.
           By Mr. SESSIONS:
       H.R. 3724.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. SHERMAN:
       H.R. 3725.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mr. STIVERS:
       H.R. 3726.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky:
       H.J. Res. 94.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The principal constitutional authority for this legislation 
     is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States (the appropriation power), which states: 
     ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 
     Consequence of Appropriations made by Law. . . .'' In 
     addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the 
     Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress 
     shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. 
     . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions 
     establish the congressional power of the purse, granting 
     Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine 
     their purpose, amount, and period of availability, and to set 
     forth terms and conditions governing their use.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky:
       H.J. Res. 95.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The principal constitutional authority for this legislation 
     is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States (the appropriation power), which states: 
     ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 
     Consequence of Appropriations made by Law. . . .'' In 
     addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the 
     Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress 
     shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. 
     . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions 
     establish the congressional power of the purse, granting 
     Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine 
     their purpose, amount, and period of availability, and to set 
     forth terms and conditions governing their use.

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