[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2950-2951]
[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. REHBERG:
       H.R. 845.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution: 
     ``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.''
       The specific Constitutional Authority cited here is not 
     intended and should not be construed to be exclusive of any 
     other general or specific Constitutional Authority that is 
     otherwise applicable.
            By Mr. LABRADOR:
       H.R. 846.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution: 
     ``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.''
       The specific Constitutional Authority cited here is not 
     intended and should not be construed to be exclusive of any 
     other general or specific Constitutional Authority that is 
     otherwise applicable.
           By Ms. JENKINS:
       H.R. 847.
       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 Mr. ALEXANDER:
       H.R. 848.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by 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) and Clause 18 (relating to the power 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 Mrs. BACHMANN:
       H.R. 849.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill makes specific changes to existing law in a 
     manner that returns power to the States and to the people, in 
     accordance with Amendment X of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mrs. BACHMANN:
       H.R. 850.
       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. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H.R. 851.
       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 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 852.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The attached legislation, the United States War Bonds Act 
     of 2011, falls within Congress' enumerated power to raise 
     revenue for the common defense of the nation pursuant to 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
           By Mr. CARSON of Indiana:
       H.R. 853.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 7 of Section 9 of Article I of the Constitution, 
     Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, and 
     Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. FARR:
       H.R. 854.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8; Article IV, Section 3.
           By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 855.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. HELLER:
       H.R. 856.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV. Section 3: 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 Ms. HIRONO:
       H.R. 857.
       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 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. HIRONO:
       H.R. 858.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 9: Article I: ``The Congress 
     shall have Power to constitute Tribunals inferior to the 
     supreme Court.''
       Article III, Section 1: ``The judicial Power of the United 
     States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such 
     inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain 
     and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior 
     Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and 
     shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a 
     Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their 
     Continuance in Office.''
           By Ms. HIRONO:
       H.R.859.
       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.''
           By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut:
       H.R. 860.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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.
           By Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California:
       H.R. 861.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the general 
     welfare of the United States); and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate 
     commerce).
           By Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut:
       H.R. 862.
       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.
           By Mr. PIERLUISI:
       H.R. 863.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to provide for the general welfare 
     of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, and to make all 
     laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     execution such power as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN:
       H.R. 864.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of 
     Article I of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. WALZ of Minnesota:
       H.R. 865.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Section 8 of Article I of 
     the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. WHITFIELD:
       H.R. 866.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, which grants Congress the 
     power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the 
     several States, and with the Indian tribes.

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