[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3852-3853]
[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. TIBERI:
       H.R. 1031.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill makes changes to existing law relating to Article 
     1, Section 7 which provides that ``All bills for raising 
     Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.''
            By Mr. BROUN of Georgia:
       H.R. 1032.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. BROUN of Georgia:
       H.R. 1033.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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. CAMP:
       H.R. 1034.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Ms. HIRONO:
       H.R. 1035.
       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. BILBRAY:
       H.R. 1036.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
           By Mr. KING of New York:
       H.R. 1037.
       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. GOSAR:
       H.R. 1038.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the express constitutional authority to manage 
     and convey federal lands, pursuant to Article IV, Section 3, 
     Clause 2 of the Constitution. This clause provides, in 
     relevant part: ``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 . 
     . .'' Federal lands may only be appropriated by an act of 
     Congress. United States v. Fitzgerald, 40 U.S. (15 Pet.) 407, 
     421 (1841) (``No appropriation of public land can be made for 
     any purpose, but by authority of congress. By the third 
     section of the fourth article of the constitution of the 
     United States, power is given to congress to dispose of, and 
     make all needful rules and regulations respecting the 
     territory or other property belonging to the United 
     States.'')
           By Mr. SULLIVAN:
       H.R. 1039.
       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. BURGESS:
       H.R. 1040.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The attached bill is constitutional under Article I, 
     Section VIII: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and 
     collect Taxes''.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 1041.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; and including, but not 
     solely limited to Article I, Section 8, Clause 14.

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           By Mr. BACA:
       H.R. 1042.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN:
       H.R. 1043
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article, I Section 9, Clause 7 and Article I, Section 5, 
     Clause 2.
           By Ms. JENKINS:
       H.R. 1044.
       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. RYAN of Ohio:
       H.R. 1045.
       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 make rules for the government and 
     regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. COHEN:
       H.R. 1046.
       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 (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. DUNCAN of South Carolina:
       H.R. 1047.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation follows the 10th Amendment to the 
     Constitution, standing up for the rights of the states to an 
     overreach of the federal government as it relates to the 
     National Labor Relations Board's stated intent to sue four 
     states over provisions in their state constitutions.
           By Mr. HOLT:
       H.R. 1048.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio:
       H.R. 1049.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 1050.
       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, specifically Clause 1 (relating to 
     providing 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 Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
        H.R. 1051.
        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, specifically Clause I (relating to 
     providing 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 Mr. JONES:
        H.R. 1052.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, empowers Congress to impose and 
     collect taxes ``to pay the Debts and provide for the common 
     Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''
           By Mr. MATHESON:
       H.R. 1053.
        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 Ms. PINGREE of Maine:
        H.R. 1054.
        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. THORNBERRY:
        H.R. 1055.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky:
        H.J. Res. 48.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The principal constitutional authority for this legislation 
     is Clause 7 of Section 9 of Article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States (the appropriation power), which states: 
     ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 
     Consequence of Appropriations made by Law. . . .'' In 
     addition, Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress 
     shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. 
     . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions 
     establish the congressional power of the purse, granting 
     Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine 
     their purpose, amount, and period of availability, and to set 
     forth terms and conditions governing their use.

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