[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3506-3507]
[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. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 938.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1, 12, 16, 17, and 18.
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 939.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, and Article 4, Section 3, 
     Clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 940.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 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

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     States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States''), 3 (``To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes''), and 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. ROSS of Arkansas:
       H.R. 941.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (General Welfare Clause); 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper 
     Clause).
            By Mr. BRADY of Texas:
       H.R. 942.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Ms. HIRONO:
       H.R. 943.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 12: To raise and support 
     Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be 
     for a longer Term than two Years.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 13: To provide and maintain a 
     Navy.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14: To make Rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.
            By Mr. CAMPBELL:
       H.R. 944.
       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. GRAVES of Missouri:
       H.R. 945.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Washington:
       H.R. 946.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution: 
     ``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 office thereof.''
           By Mr. HINOJOSA:
       H.R. 947.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. LOEBSACK:
       H.R. 948.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Clause 16 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mrs. MALONEY:
       H.R. 949.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, which reads: To regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. MATHESON:
       H.R. 950.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. McCAUL:
       H.R. 951.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution of the 
     United States reads: `` No money shall be drawn from the 
     Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . 
     . .'' This establishes the congressional power of the purse 
     which grants Congress the authority to appropriate funds and 
     place limits and conditions on their use.
           By Mr. MILLER of North Carolina:
       H.R. 952.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 953.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Make College Affordable Act is justified by the 
     Sixteenth Amendment which, by granting Congress the power to 
     lay and collect taxes on incomes, clearly gives Congress the 
     power to help middle-class Americans afford college by making 
     college tuition tax deductable.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 954.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Family Education Freedom Act is justified by the 
     Sixteenth Amendment which, by granting Congress the power to 
     lay and collect taxes on incomes, clearly gives Congress the 
     power to provide American families with tax relief so they 
     can devote more of their own resources to their children's 
     education.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 955.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Professional Educators Tax Relief Act is justified by 
     the Sixteenth Amendment which, by granting Congress the power 
     to lay and collect taxes on incomes, clearly gives Congress 
     the power to provide tax relief to America's hard-working 
     educators.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 956.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Education Improvement Tax Cut Act is authorized by the 
     Sixteenth Amendment which, by granting Congress the power to 
     lay and collect taxes on incomes, clearly gives Congress the 
     power to provide the American people with tax relief so they 
     can devote more of their own resources to improving 
     education.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 957.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Teacher's Tax Cut Act is justified by the Sixteenth 
     Amendment which, by granting Congress the power to lay and 
     collect taxes on incomes, clearly gives Congress the power to 
     provide tax relief to America's hard-working teachers.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 958.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The We the People Act is authorized by Article 1, Section 8 
     and Article 3, Section 1 which gives the Congress power to 
     establish and limit the jurisdiction of lower federal courts 
     as well as Article III, Section 2 who gives Congress the 
     power to make exceptions to Supreme Court regulations.
           By Mr. QUIGLEY:
       H.R. 959.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky:
       H.R. 960.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3--granting 
     Congress the authority to make rules for the government and 
     regulate commerce among the States.
            By Mr. RUPPERSBERGER:
       H.R. 961.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       1) Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14, Military Regulation.
       2) The First Amendment to the Constitution permits time, 
     place and manner restrictions on free speech.
            By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:
        H.R. 962.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 7 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. SMITH of Texas:
        H.R. 963.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority to enact this bill is derived 
     from, but may not be limited to, Article I, Section 8, Clause 
     1, of the Constitution, which grants Congress authority to 
     provide for the common defense of the United States; Article 
     I, Section 8, Clause 3, of the Constitution, which grants 
     Congress authority to regulate Commerce with foreign nations 
     and among the several states; and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 9; Article III, Section 1, Clause 1; and Article III, 
     Section 2, Clause 2, of the Constitution, which grants 
     Congress authority over federal courts.
            By Ms. BALDWIN:
        H.J. Res. 47.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States.

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