[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2217]
[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 Ms. ESHOO:
       H.R. 733.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, the General 
     Welfare Clause.
           By Mr. BILBRAY:
       H.R. 734.
       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 Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN:
       H.R. 735.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may 
     not be limited to, Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Ms. RICHARDSON:
       H.R. 736.
       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 Mr. AKIN:
       H.R. 737.
       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 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Ms. BORDALLO:
        H.R. 738.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. BURGESS:
        H.R. 739.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The attached legislation falls within Congress' 
     constitutional authority to regulate interstate commerce 
     pursuant to Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. DEUTCH:
       H.R. 740.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8, clause 3, Congress has the 
     power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. Under Article 
     I, Section 8, clause 3 Congress created the Securities and 
     Exchange Act of 1933.
            By Mrs. EMERSON:
       H.R. 741.
        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 regulate commerce among the several 
     States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mr. GRIMM:
        H.R. 742.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
            By Ms. JENKINS:
        H.R. 743.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution and Amendment XVI to the United States 
     Constitution.
       Description: The first is ``The Congress shall have Power 
     to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises...'' 
     and; the second grants Congress the 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 Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
        H.R. 744.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18.
            By Mr. KING of Iowa:
        H.R. 745.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Because this legislation adjusts the formula the federal 
     government uses to spend money on federal contracts, it is 
     authorized by the Constitution under Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 1, which grants Congress its spending power.
           By Mr. MACK:
       H.R. 746.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
            By Mr. SCHIFF:
        H.R. 747.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Build America Bonds Extension Act is constitutional 
     under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article I, Section 
     8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 1 provides Congress with the authority 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. 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. SENSENBRENNER:
        H.R. 748.
        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 Mr. TIBERI:
        H.R. 749.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill makes changes to existing law relating to Article 
     1, Section 7 which provides that ``All bills for raising 
     Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.''
            By Mr. WALBERG:
        H.R. 750.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article IV, Section 3, 
     Clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. WALDEN:
       H.J. Res. 37.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution (``The 
     Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes'').
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.J. Res. 38.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17, giving Congress exclusive 
     jurisdiction over the District of Columbia. That clause was 
     cited as the authority for the government's ability to accept 
     the original Smithson donation and the creation of the 
     Smithsonian Institution via the Act of August 10, 1846.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper 
     clause, which provides the power to enact legislation 
     necessary to effectuate one of the earlier enumerated powers, 
     such as the authority granted in Clause 17 above.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.J. Res. 39.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17, giving Congress exclusive 
     jurisdiction over the District of Columbia. That clause was 
     cited as the authority for the government's ability to accept 
     the original Smithson donation and the creation of the 
     Smithsonian Institution via the Act of August 10, 1846.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper 
     clause, which provides the power to enact legislation 
     necessary to effectuate one of the earlier enumerated powers, 
     such as the authority granted in Clause 17 above.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.J. Res. 40.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17, giving Congress exclusive 
     jurisdiction over the District of Columbia. That clause was 
     cited as the authority for the government's ability to accept 
     the original Smithson donation and the creation of the 
     Smithsonian Institution via the Act of August 10, 1846.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper 
     clause, which provides the power to enact legislation 
     necessary to effectuate one of the earlier enumerated powers, 
     such as the authority granted in Clause 17 above.

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