[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5797-5798]
[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. DUNCAN of Tennessee:
       H.R. 1474.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8--this bill regulates Commerce among 
     the several states.
       Amendment V--the bill assures that citizens' liberty and 
     property (their businesses and livelihood) are not deprived, 
     that the government does not take property (market share, 
     potential for profit and livelihood) without just 
     compensation.
       Amendment X--Nothing in the Constitution authorizes the 
     Federal government to do anything other than those things 
     enumerated (coin money, enter into treaties, conduct a 
     Census--which are inherently governmental). Thus, under 
     Amendment X, the right to carry out commercial activities is 
     reserved to the people. Note that the Constitution authorizes 
     the Post Office. The bill exempts the Postal Service.
           By Mr. PETERS:
       H.R. 1475.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 1476.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: Congress shall have the power to 
     regulate commerce among the states, and provide for the 
     general welfare.
           By Mr. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 1477.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. 1, Sec. 8, cl. 1 of the United States Constitution, 
     which states ``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;'' and
       Art. 1 Sec. 8, cl. 3 ``[The Congress shall have Power] [t]o 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several 
     States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
           By Mr. REICHERT:
       H.R. 1478.
       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. LATHAM:
       H.R. 1479.
       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''), and the 16th Amendment to the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. GUINTA:
       H.R. 1480.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Commerce Clause: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution
       To regulate Commerce with foreign nations and among the 
     several states and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. POLIS:
       H.R. 1481.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution.
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 1482.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. DINGELL:
       H.R. 1483.
       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. FILNER:
       H.R. 1484.
       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. HERGER:
       H.R. 1485.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 1486.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Clause 8, Section 3.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 1487.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Clause 8, Section 3.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 1488.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Clause 8, Section 3.
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 1489.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. LUJAN:
       H.R. 1490.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. MATHESON:
           H.R. 1491.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3, 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18.
           By Mr. MORAN:
       H.R. 1492.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 1493.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 3 and 18 of section 8 of article I of the 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. OWENS:
       H.R. 1494.
       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. PAUL:
       H.R. 1495.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is authorized by Article I, Section 8 of 
     the Constitution:
       ``To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign 
     Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures''
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 1496.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is authorized by Article I, Section 8 of 
     the Constitution:
       ``To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign 
     Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

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       To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the 
     Securities and current Coin of the United States.''
           By Mr. ROGERS of Michigan:
       H.R. 1497.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1
       Section 8
       Clause 13:
       To provide and maintain a Navy
           By Mr. ROONEY:
       H.R. 1498.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes;''
           By Mr. SHIMKUS:
       H.R. 1499.
       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 as stated in Article I, Section 8 
     Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. TIERNEY:
       H.R. 1500.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. WALSH of Illinois:
       H.R. 1501.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. WOLF:
       H.R. 1502.
       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 ``provide for the common Defence,'' as 
     enumerated in Article 1, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. YARMUTH:
       H.R. 1503.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.

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