[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 1724-1725]
[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 owing statements are submitted regarding the 
specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the 
accompanying bill or joint resolution.
           By Ms. HIRONO:
H.R. 684.
       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.
       Sixteenth Amendment: The Congress shall have power to lay 
     and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, 
     without apportionment among the several States, and without 
     regard to any census or enumeration.
            By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.R. 686.
        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 I, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 14 (relating to the 
     power of Congress to make rules for the government and 
     regulation of the land and naval forces), clause 16 (relating 
     to the power of Congress to provide for organizing, arming, 
     and disciplining the militia), and clause 18 (relating to the 
     power of Congress to make all laws necessary and proper for 
     carrying out the powers vested in Congress); and Article IV, 
     section 3, clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress to 
     dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations 
     respecting the territory or other property belonging to the 
     United States).
           By Mr. CARTER:
       H.R. 687.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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.
           By Mr. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 688.
       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.
       Fourteenth Amendment, Sections 1 and 5
       Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United 
     States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens 
     of the United States and the State wherein they reside. 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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       Section 5: The Congress shall have power to enforce, by 
     appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
           By Ms. EDWARDS:
       H.R. 689.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1. All legislative Powers herein granted 
     shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which 
     shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
           By Mr. MICA:
       H.R. 690.
       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 providing for the general 
     welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the 
     power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out 
     the powers vested in Congress) and clause 17 (relating to 
     authority over the district as the seat of government), and 
     Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States).
           By Mr. GINGREY of Georgia:
       H.R. 691.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 which states that the 
     Congress has power ``to regulate Commerce with the foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States .  .  .''
            By Mr. GINGREY of Georgia:
       H.R. 692.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The U.S. Constitution states in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18, that 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. GINGREY of Georgia:
       H.R. 693.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 which states that the 
     Congress has power ``to regulate Commerce with the foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States. . .''
           By Mr. KISSELL:
       H.R. 694.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. MARCHANT:
       H.R. 695.
       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 as related to the following clauses in 
     Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution:
       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;
       Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
       Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.
       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. PENCE:
       H.R. 696.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and 
     Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution. Pursuant to 
     Clause 1 of Section 7 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution, all bills for raising revenue shall originate 
     in the House of Representatives.
           By Mr. SCHIFF:
       H.R. 697.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Legislation to 
     name a Post Office after an individual is constitutional 
     under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, which gives Congress 
     the power to establish Post Offices and post roads. The bill 
     is also constitutionally authorized under the Necessary and 
     Proper Clause, which supports the expansion of congressional 
     authority beyond the explicit authorities that are directly 
     discernible from the text.
           By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina:
       H.R. 698.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the authority enumerated in Clause 3 of Section 8 of 
     Article I of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 699.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may 
     not be limited to, Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. WALBERG:
       H.R. 700.
       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 3: The Congress shall have 
     Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian tribes;
       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.
           Mr. UPTON:
       H.R. 701.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the United States 
     Constitution states that ``The Congress shall have Power to 
     establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws 
     on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United 
     States.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution states that ``The Congress shall have Power to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several 
     States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
           By Mr. STEARNS:
       H.J. Res. 27.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V
       The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem 
     it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, 
     or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of 
     the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing 
     Amendments, which in either Case, shall be valid to all 
     Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when 
     ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several 
     States or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one 
     or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the 
     Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior 
     to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any 
     Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth 
     Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its 
     Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the 
     Senate.
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H.J. Res. 28.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H.J. Res. 29.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H.J. Res. 30.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H.J. Res. 31.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H.J. Res. 32.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H.J. Res. 33.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H.J. Res. 34.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H.J. Res. 35.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V
           By Mr. JACKSON of Illinois:
       H.J. Res. 36.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V

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