[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2480-2482]
[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

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granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill 
or joint resolution.

           By Mrs. NAPOLITANO:
       H.R. 751.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: 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. SCHRADER:
       H.R. 752.
       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 and Article IV, Section 3 
     of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. LATHAM:
       H.R. 753.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution 
     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. ROGERS of Michigan:
       H.R. 754.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
     United States government are carried out to support the 
     national security interests of the United States, to support 
     and assist the armed forces of the United States, and to 
     support the President in the execution of the foreign policy 
     of the United States.
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States provides, in pertinent part, that ``Congress shall 
     have power . . . to pay the debts and provide for the common 
     defense and general welfare of the United States''; ``. . . 
     to raise and support armies . . .''; ``To provide and 
     maintain a Navy''; ``To make Rules for the Government and 
     Regulation of the land and naval Forces''; and ``To make all 
     laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested in 
     this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or 
     in any Department or Officer thereof.''
           By Mr. STARK:
       H.R. 755.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 756.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 757.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4: ``To establish . . . 
     uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the 
     United States.''
           By Mr. NUNES:
       H.R. 758.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution of 
     the United States.
           By Mr. NUNES:
       H.R. 759.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution of 
     the United States.
           By Mr. NUNES:
       H.R. 760.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 3 and 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     Constitution of the United States.
           By Mr. NUNES:
       H.R. 761.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 1 and 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     Constitution of the United States.
           By Ms. WATERS:
       H.R. 762.
       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. MICHAUD:
       H.R. 763.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 1, Clause 3 and Clause 18.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER:
       H.R. 764.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.R. 765.
       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 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. BONNER:
       H.R. 766.
       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 with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of 
     the United States Constitution.
       This bill is also enacted pursuant to no State shall enter 
     into any Treaty Alliance, or Confederation, as enumerated in 
     Article 1, Section 10, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 767.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 3, the Commerce Clause.
           By Mr. BOREN:
       H.R. 768.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (1) Clause 4 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution; 
     (2) Clause 14 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution; 
     and (3) Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. COHEN:
       H.R. 769.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power to 
     regulate foreign and interstate commerce) of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. CUELLAR:
       H.R. 770.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitution including Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. CUELLAR:
       H.R. 771.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8: Powers of 
     Congress, 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 this Constitution in the government of the 
     United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 772.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. DEUTCH:
       H.R. 773.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. DEUTCH:
       H.R. 774.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee:
       H.R. 775.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2. 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 any particular State.
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 776.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1.
           By Mr. HINCHEY:
       H.R. 777.
       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.
           By Mr. HINOJOSA:
       H.R. 778.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Clauses 1, 3, and 18 of 
     Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois:
       H.R. 779.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, 
     under which Congress has the power to lay and collect taxes, 
     duties, imposts and excises, and to pay the debts and provide 
     for the common defense and general welfare.
           By Ms. LEE of California:
       H.R. 780.

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       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. McCOTTER:
       H.R. 781.
       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.
       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. McCOTTER:
       H.R. 782.
       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.
       Further, this legislation would enable the States to 
     exercise the rights granted to them by the Tenth Amendment to 
     the Constitution.
       Amendment X: The powers not delegated to the United States 
     by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are 
     reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
           By Mr. MORAN:
       H.R. 783.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This Bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of 
     the United States Constitution, which provides Congress with 
     the power to regulate commerce and relations between the 
     United States and Indian Tribes, and to pass all laws 
     necessary and proper for carrying into execution the 
     foregoing powers, as well as all other Powers vested by the 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. NADLER:
       H.R. 784.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1, 17, and 18.
           By Mr. PEARCE:
       H.R. 785.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grants Congress the power to enact this law.
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
       H.R. 786.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution. The authority to enact this legislation is also 
     derived from Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
       H.R. 787.
       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. ROTHMAN of New Jersey:
       H.R. 788.
       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 provide for the general welfare of 
     the United States. . . . 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; as enumerated in Article 
     I, Section 8.
            By Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey:
       H.R. 789.
       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 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
       H.R. 790.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution: 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. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California:
        H.R. 791.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution 
     (Clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), which grants Congress the 
     power to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a 
     Navy; to make rules for the government and regulation of the 
     land and naval forces; to provide for organizing, arming, and 
     disciplining the militia; and to make all laws necessary and 
     proper for carrying out the foregoing powers.
            By Mr. WEINER:
       H.R. 792.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. WOOLSEY:
        H.R. 793.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is introduced under the powers granted to 
     Congress under Article 1 of the Constitution.
            Mr. WAXMAN:
        H.R. 794.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution provides 
     that Congress shall have power to ``establish an uniform Rule 
     of Naturalization''. The Supreme Court has long found that 
     this provision of the Constitution grants Congress plenary 
     power over immigration policy. As the Court found in Galvan 
     v. Press, 347 U.S. 522, 531 (1954), ``that the formulation of 
     policies [pertaining to the entry of aliens and their right 
     to remain here] is entrusted exclusively to Congress has 
     become about as firmly imbedded in the legislative and 
     judicial tissues of our body politic as any aspect of our 
     government.'' And, as the Court found in Kleindienst v. 
     Mandel, 408 U.S. 753, 766 (1972) (quoting Boutilier v. INS, 
     387 U.S. 118, 123 (1967)), ``[t]he Court without exception 
     has sustained Congress' `plenary power to make rules for the 
     admission of aliens and to exclude those who possess those 
     characteristics which Congress has forbidden.'''
            By Mr. DeFAZIO:
        H.J. Res. 41.
        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.

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