[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3563-3564]
[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. BISHOP of New York:
        H.R. 964.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Ms. SLAUGHTER:
        H.R. 965.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 1, 3, and 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. SMITH of Texas:
       H.R. 966.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this legislation is 
     based is found in Article I, Section 8, Clause 9; Article 
     III, Section 1, Clause 1; and Article III, Section 2, Clause 
     2, of the Constitution, which grant Congress authority over 
     federal courts.
            By Mrs. SCHMIDT:
        H.R. 967.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. McKEON:
       H.R. 968.
       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 common defense,'' 
     ``make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water,'' ``raise 
     and support armies,'' and ``provide and maintain a navy,'' as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. PRICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 969.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Current law has created an unconstitutional regulatory 
     structure over the health care system. In order to make this 
     system more compatible with a proper Constitutional 
     structure, this bill will ensure that there is less 
     regulation impeding the doctor-patient relationship.
           By Mr. HALL:
       H.R. 970.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18.
           By Ms. BALDWIN:
       H.R. 971.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 of the Constitution 
     of the United States.
           By Mr. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 972.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mrs. ADAMS:
       H.R. 973.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article III, Section 2--The judicial Power shall extend to 
     all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this 
     Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties 
     made, or which shall be made, under their Authority . . .
           By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H.R. 974.

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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, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 975.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Civil Rights Enforcement: Fourteenth Amendment, Sections 1 
     and 5--Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the 
     United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are 
     citizens of the United States and the State wherein they 
     reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall 
     abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the 
     United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of 
     life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor 
     deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal 
     protection of the laws. . . . Section 5: The Congress shall 
     have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the 
     provisions of this article.
       Spending Authorization: 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 Defense and general Welfare of the United States.
           By Mr. DENHAM:
       H.R. 976.
       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.
       Specifically regarding Public Lands: Federal and State 
     Powers Thereover, ``The comprehensive authority of Congress 
     over public lands includes the power to prescribe the times, 
     conditions, and mode of transfer thereof and to designate the 
     persons to whom the transfer shall be made, to declare the 
     dignity and effect of titles emanating from the United States 
     . . . (Gibson v. Chouteau, 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 92, 99 
     (1872))''
           By Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan:
        H.R. 977.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 978.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18.
           By Mr. LYNCH:
       H.R. 979.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 980.
       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. NUGENT:
       H.R. 981.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 6 of Article I of the Constitution as 
     amended by the 27th Amendment to the Constitution. This 
     section of the Constitution allows Congress to set their own 
     compensation so long as new representatives have been 
     elected.
           By Mr. OWENS:
       H.R. 982.
       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 Mr. RAHALL:
       H.R. 983.
       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. ROGERS of Michigan:
       H.R. 984.
       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 of the Constitution, which 
     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.''
           By Mr. SABLAN:
       H.R. 985.
       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 I, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution (Clause 14), which grants Congress the 
     power to make rules for the government and regulation of the 
     land and naval forces.
           By Mr. SABLAN:
       H.R. 986.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article IV, 
     Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. SARBANES:
       H.R. 987.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. SCHIFF:
       H.R. 988.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act is 
     constitutionally authorized under Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause. The Necessary and 
     Proper Clause supports the expansion of congressional 
     authority beyond the explicit authorities that are directly 
     discernible from the text. Additionally, the Preamble to the 
     Constitution provides support of the authority to enact 
     legislation to promote the General Welfare.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN:
       H.R. 989.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Clause 3 of Section 8 of 
     Article I of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 990.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 991.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.

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