[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3131-3132]
[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 Mrs. LUMMIS:
       H.R. 867.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.R. 868.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 2. ``The actual Enumeration . . . within 
     every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they 
     shall by Law direct.''
           By Mr. DENHAM:
       H.R. 869.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
       Page 311 U.S. 426.
       ``In our view, it cannot properly be said that the 
     constitutional power of the United States over its waters is 
     limited to control for navigation. By navigation, respondent 
     means no more than operation of boats and improvement of the 
     waterway itself. In truth, the authority of the United States 
     is the regulation of commerce on its waters. Navigability, in 
     the sense just stated, is but a part of this whole. Flood 
     protection, watershed development, recovery of the cost of 
     improvements through utilization of power are likewise parts 
     of commerce control.''
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 870.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.

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            By Mr. SHULER:
       H.R. 871.
        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.
            By Mr. GIBBS:
        H.R. 872.
       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. LEWIS of Georgia:
       H.R. 873.
       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. OWENS:
       H.R. 874.
       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, of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. BURTON of Indiana:
       H.R. 875.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article III and Amendment X.
           By Mrs. CAPPS:
       H.R. 876.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. CLAY:
       H.R. 877.
       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 2 of the United 
     States Constitution.
       Legislative Powers.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 2.
       The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. DEUTCH:
       H.R. 878.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       H.R. 879.
       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.
            By Mr. HERGER:
       H.R. 880.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
           By Mr. HUNTER:
        H.R. 881.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority for the ADA Notification Act 
     is: Section 8, Clause 1 of Article I; Section 8, Clause 18 of 
     Article I.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois:
        H.R. 882.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9. ``No Money shall be drawn from the 
     Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; 
     and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and 
     Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time 
     to time.''
           By Ms. LEE of California:
        H.R. 883.
       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 Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 884.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 17 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN:
       H.R. 885.
       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. WOMACK:
       H.R. 886.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 states ``The Congress shall 
     have Power . . . To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, 
     and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and 
     Measures.''
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 887.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Ms. BORDALLO:
       H.R. 888.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article 4.
            By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
        H.R. 889.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 890.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.

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