[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5354-5355]
[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.


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           By Mr. SULLIVAN:
       H.R. 1380.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article(s) I, Section 8, Clause 1, Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 of the United States Constitution and the Sixteenth 
     Amendment of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California:
       H.R. 1381.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. 1 sec. 1
       Art. 1 sec. 3
       Art. 1 sec. 8
           By Mr. MCGOVERN:
       H.R. 1382.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1, Section 8, of Article 1, which gives Congress the 
     power to provide for the general welfare.
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 1383.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the 
     Constitution
           By Mr. HELLER:
       H.R. 1384.
       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 and Amendment XVI of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. PITTS:
       H.R. 1385.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sect.8
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       H.R. 1386.
       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. McHENRY:
       H.R. 1387.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 1 (relating to the general 
     welfare of the United States), clause 3 (relating to the 
     power to regulate interstate commerce), and clause 18.
           By Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado:
       H.R. 1388.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authorities on which this bill rests 
     are:

       The power of Congress to make law regarding the raising and 
     supporting of armies and to provide and maintain a navy, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 and 13 of the 
     United States Constitution;

       And

       The power of Congress to make law regarding the needful 
     rules and regulations respecting the property of the United 
     States, as enumerated in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of 
     the United States Constitution;

       And

       The power of Congress to make law regarding providing for 
     the general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 1389.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. SHUSTER:
       H.R. 1390.
        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. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 1391.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this 
     legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and 
     among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.
            By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
        H.R. 1392.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The authority to enact this bill is pursuant to the 
     Necessary and Proper Clause--Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 
     of the Constitution.
           By Mr. BUCHANAN:
       H.R. 1393.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this resolution rests 
     is the power of Congress as enumerated in Article 1 Section 8 
     of the United States Constitution.
            By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
        H.R. 1394.
        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 enact bills pursuant to clause 1 of 
     section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. COHEN:
        H.R. 1395.
        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. CRITZ:
       H.R. 1396.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 1397.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution; 
     clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution; 
     section 5 of Amendment XIV to the Constitution.
            By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
       H.R. 1398.
       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.
           By Mr. GRIMM:
        H.R. 1399.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       H.R. 1400.
       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. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 1401.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
           By Mr. KILDEE:
       H.R. 1402.
       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. KINGSTON:
       H.R. 1403.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: 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. LARSON of Connecticut:
       H.R. 1404.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4, Clause 1
       The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for 
     Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each 
     State by the Legislature thereof; but Congress may at any 
     time make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Place 
     of chusing Senators.

       and

       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. LATTA:
       H.R. 1405.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This resolution is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 
     8, Clause of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. MATHESON:
       H.R. 1406.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. RUNYAN:
       H.R. 1407.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 1408.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 and Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3.
           By Mr. WALSH of Illinois:
       H.J. Res. 54.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the United States Constitution.

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