[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 21456-21457]
[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. STEARNS:
       H.R. 3737.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
           By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 3738.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Commerce Power, Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 3;
       The Necessary and Proper Clause, Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 18
           By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 3739.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 1; General Welfare Clause
           By Mr. BUTTERFIELD:
       H.R. 3740.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically clause 1 (relating to the power of Congress to 
     provide for the general welfare of the United States), clause 
     3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate commerce), 
     and clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws 
     necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in 
     Congress).
           By Ms. WILSON of Florida:
       H.R. 3741.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, which 
     states: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes.''
           By Mr. PEARCE:
       H.R. 3742.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the 
     United States grants Congress the power to enact this law.
           By Mr. LEVIN:
       H.R. 3743.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8.
           By Mr. ADERHOLT:
       H.R. 3744.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 7 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
           By Ms. BROWN of Florida:
       H.R. 3745.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution 
     (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3)
           By Mr. LOEBSACK:
       H.R. 3746.
        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 Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 3747.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. RICHARDSON:
       H.R. 3748.
       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 Ms. RICHARDSON:
       H.R. 3749.
        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 Ms. RICHARDSON:
       H.R. 3750.
       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 Ms. RICHARDSON:
       H.R. 3751.
       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 Ms. RICHARDSON:
       H.R. 3752.
       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 Ms. RICHARDSON:
       H.R. 3753.
       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, Clauses 1 and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Ms. RICHARDSON:
       H.R. 3754.
       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 Ms. RICHARDSON:
       H.R. 3755.
       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 14 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Ms. RICHARDSON:
       H.R. 3756.
       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, Clauses 1 and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Ms. RICHARDSON:
       H.R. 3757.
       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, Clauses 1 and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Ms. RICHARDSON:
       H.R. 3758.
        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, Clauses 1 and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mrs. SCHMIDT:
       H.R. 3759.
       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 Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States'' and
       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 this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any 
     Department or Officer thereof.''
           By Mr. SIRES:
       H.R. 3760.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California:
       H.R. 3761.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4
           By Mr. TONKO:
       H.R. 3762.
       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 Ms. WATERS:
       H.R. 3763.
       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 Ms. WATERS:
       H.R. 3764.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
           By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
       H.J. Res. 96.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional amendment authority and process set 
     forth in Article V of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. YARMUTH:
       H.J. Res. 97.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the Constitution.

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