[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6313-6317]
[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. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 1570.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1, Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution reads, ``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 and Imposts and Excises 
     shall be uniform throughout the United States.''
           By Mrs. ADAMS:
       H.R. 1571.
       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. LANDRY:
       H.R. 1572.
       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. LUCAS:
       H.R. 1573.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       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 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. McGOVERN:
       H.R. 1574.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Clause 18
           By Mr. McGOVERN:
       H.R. 1575.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. KING of New York:
       H.R. 1576.
       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. RIGELL:
       H.R. 1577.
       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 Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
           By Ms. SLAUGHTER:
       H.R. 1578.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 1 and 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     Constitution
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California:
       H.R. 1579.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 & 18 of Section 8, Article I, of the U.S. 
     Constitution
           By Mr. GONZALEZ:
       H.R. 1580.
       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. McCARTHY of California:
       H.R. 1581.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. McCARTHY of California:
       H.R. 1582.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 1583.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. LANKFORD:
       H.R. 1584.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Tenth Amendment to the Constitution:
       ``The powers not delegated to the United States by the 
     Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are 
     reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.''
           By Mr. LANKFORD:
       H.R. 1585.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Tenth Amendment of the Constitution:
       ``The powers not delegated to the United States by the 
     Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are 
     reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.''
           By Mr. KING of New York:
       H.R. 1586.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 & Clause 18
       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
       The Congress shall have Power 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 of Officer thereof.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 1587.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, sec. 8, cl.4 (the Bankruptcy Clause), and Art. I, 
     sec. 8, cl. 18 (the Necessary and Proper Clause).
           By Mr. CANSECO:
       H.R. 1588.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 1589.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill modifies the Social Security Act, which Congress 
     enacted pursuant to its powers under the commerce clause of 
     the U.S. Constitution, as well as its powers to tax and spend 
     for the general welfare. Congress has the power under those 
     provisions to enact this legislation as well.
           By Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas:
       H.R. 1590.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. BASS of New Hampshire:
       H.R. 1591.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 1, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of 
     the Constitution
           By Ms. BERKLEY:
       H.R. 1592.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution states that 
     all legislative powers are vested in the Congress of the 
     United States.
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York:
       H.R. 1593.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York:
       H.R. 1594.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 1595.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitution of the United States provides clear 
     authority for Congress to pass legislation regarding income 
     taxes. Article I of the Constitution, in detailing 
     Congressional authority, provides that ``Congress shall have 
     Power to lay and collect Taxes . . .'' (Section 8, Clause 1). 
     Further clarifying Congressional power to enact an income 
     tax, voters amended the Constitution by popular vote to 
     provide that ``Congress shall have power to lay and collect 
     taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived . . .'' 
     (Sixteenth Amendment). This legislation, which relates to 
     income taxes, modifies the income tax code enacted by 
     Congress pursuant to this constitutional authority.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 1596.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitution of the United States provides clear 
     authority for Congress to pass legislation regarding income 
     taxes. Article I of the Constitution, in detailing 
     Congressional authority, provides that ``Congress shall have 
     Power to lay and collect Taxes . . .'' (Section 8, Clause 1). 
     Further clarifying Congressional power to enact an income 
     tax, voters amended the Constitution by popular vote to 
     provide that ``Congress shall have power to lay and collect 
     taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived . . . .'' 
     (Sixteenth Amendment).
           By Mrs. CAPPS:
       H.R. 1597.
       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.''
           By Mr. CARDOZA:
       H.R. 1598.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to its authority under Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of 
     the Constitution to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. COLE:
       H.R. 1599.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8 which 
     allows Congress to regulate trade amongst the Indian Tribes.
       This bill is enacted pursuant to treaties lawfully entered 
     into and ratified pursuant to the power granted to Congress 
     under Article II, Section 2, Clause 2.
           By Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas:
       H.R. 1600.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. CUELLAR:
       H.R. 1601.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF 
     CONGRESS CLAUSE 18
       The Congress shall have power . . . 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. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 1602.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 Clauses 1 and 18 and Article 1 Section 
     9 Clause 7.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 1603.
       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. DENHAM:
       H.R. 1604.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3--Power to Regulate Commerce
       ``The power to regulate commerce is the power to prescribe 
     conditions and rules for the carrying-on of commercial 
     transactions, the keeping-free of channels of commerce, the 
     regulating of prices and terms of sale.''
       ``If, as has always been understood, the sovereignty of 
     congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as 
     to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign 
     nations, and among the several states, is vested in congress 
     as absolutely as it would be in a single government, having 
     in its constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of 
     the power as are found in the constitution of the United 
     States.''
       Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 1, 196-197 (1824).
           By Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee:
       H.R. 1605.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1, Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution which reads: ``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 and Imposts and 
     Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 1606.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 Section 8 Article 1 of the Constitution
           By Mr. FINCHER:
       H.R. 1607.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 Clause 18.
           By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona:
       H.R. 1608.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. GIBSON:
       H.R. 1609.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clauses 11, 12, 13, 14, and 18.
           By Mr. GRIMM:
       H.R. 1610.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. GRIMM:
       H.R. 1611.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. GUTHRIE:
       H.R. 1612.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 12
       The Congress shall have Power to raise and support Armies, 
     but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a 
     longer term than two Years;
           By Mr. HECK:
       H.R. 1613.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.
           By Mr. HERGER:
       H.R. 1614.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
           By Mr. HIMES:
       H.R. 1615.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. HOLT:
       H.R. 1616.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. HONDA:
       H.R. 1617.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I; and
       Clause 4 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, 
     which grants Congress the power ``[t]o establish an uniform 
     Rule of Naturalization . . . throughout the United States.''
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 1618.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article. I. Section. 8.
           By Mr. KILDEE:
       H.R. 1619.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, To exercise exclusive Legislation in 
     all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten 
     Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and 
     the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government 
     of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all 
     Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the 
     State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, 
     Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; 
     And
       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. KIND:
       H.R. 1620.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article Section 8.
           By Mr. KLINE:
       H.R. 1621.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to clause 5 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution 
     which states, ``The Congress shall have the Power to . . . 
     coin Money, regulate the Value thereof and of foreign Coin . 
     . .''
           By Mr. LATTA:
       H.R. 1622.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: Congress shall have the 
     Power . . . ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.''
           By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia:
       H.R. 1623.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Mr. LUJAN:
       H.R. 1624.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Sec. 8
           By Mr. MANZULLO:
       H.R. 1625.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan:
       H.R. 1626.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 5, Each House may determine the Rules of 
     it Proceedings.
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 1627.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution 
     reserves to Congress the power to raise and support Armies 
     and provide and maintain a Navy, as well as make Rules for 
     the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.
           By Mr. MORAN:
       H.R. 1628.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This Bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of 
     the United States Constitution, which provides that 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;''
       ``To regulate Commerce . . . among the several States, and 
     with the Indian Tribes;'' and
       ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other 
     Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 1629.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clauses 3 and 18 of the Constitution 
     of the United States.
           By Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 1630.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7. No Money shall be drawn 
     from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made 
     by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts 
     and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from 
     time to time.
           By Mr. NADLER:
       H.R. 1631.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. 1, sec. 8, cl. 1 ``Congress shall have the Power to 
     lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises. . . .''
       Art. 1, sec. 8, cl. 18 Necessary and proper clause.
           By Mr. NEUGEBAUER:
       H.R. 1632.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7
       The Congress shall have Power to establish Post Offices and 
     post roads.
           By Mrs. NOEM:
       H.R. 1633.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce Clause.
           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 1634.
       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. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 1635.
       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 United States Constitution.
           By Mr. PAYNE:
       H.R. 1636.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution
       The Congress shall have Power * * * To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 1637.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 Clause I.
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 1638.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 6
           By Mr. POSEY:
       H.R. 1639.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. POSEY:
       H.R. 1640.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. POSEY:
       H.R. 1641.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 7 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. QUIGLEY:
       H.R. 1642.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. QUIGLEY:
       H.R. 1643.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. RIVERA:
       H.R. 1644.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Interstate Travel Regulation of the U.S. Constitution, 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey:
       H.R. 1645.
       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. RUNYAN:
       H.R. 1646.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Commerce Clause, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution
           By Mr. RUNYAN:
       H.R. 1647.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California:
       H.R. 1648.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill in enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. SARBANES:
       H.R. 1649.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. SARBANES:
       H.R. 1650.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. SARBANES:
       H.R. 1651.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. SARBANES:
       H.R. 1652.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. SCHOCK:
       H.R. 1653.
       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 7 and 
     Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. SCHRADER:
       H.R. 1654.
       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. SHERMAN:
       H.R. 1655.
       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. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 1656.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. STUTZMAN:
       H.R. 1657.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     Constitution
           By Mr. TIPTON:
       H.R. 1658.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 (to make rules for the regulation of 
     land)
           By Mr. TONKO:
       H.R. 1659.
       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. TSONGAS:
       H.R. 1660.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power to 
     regulate foreign and interstate commerce) of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. TSONGAS:
       H.R. 1661.
       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.
           By Mr. WEINER:
       H.R. 1662.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. WEST:
       H.R. 1663.
       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 1, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, which grants Congress the 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. YOUNG of Florida:
       H.R. 1664.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 1665.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4.

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