[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6533-6534]
[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. STARK:
       H.R. 1681.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1, Section 8 of article I of the Constitution
       Section 5 of Amendment XIV to the Constitution
           By Mr. ROSS of Arkansas:
       H.R. 1682.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution which states that Congress has the power ``. . . 
     To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
           By Mr. GINGREY of Georgia:
       H.R. 1683.
       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 1 of the 
     Constitution which grants Congress the power to provide for 
     the general Welfare of the United States.
           By Ms. SUTTON:
       H.R. 1684.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mrs. BIGGERT:
       H.R. 1685.
       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. SHIMKUS:
       H.R. 1686.
       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 establish post offices and post 
     roads as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. SHIMKUS:
       H.R. 1687.
       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. RUNYAN:
       H.R. 1688.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York:
       H.R. 1689.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Sec. 8, Clause 1 and the 16th Amendment
           By Mr. ROGERS of Alabama:
       H.R. 1690.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States and Article 
     I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Ms. RICHARDSON:
        H.R. 1691.
        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. HIRONO:
        H.R. 1692.
        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. CARNEY:
        H.R. 1693.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 1694.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under the following provisions of the United states 
     Constitution:
       Article I, Section 1;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; and
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
           By Ms. ESHOO:
       H.R. 1695.
       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:
       ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper.''
           By Mr. GERLACH:
        H.R. 1696.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 18 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
        H.R. 1697.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the explicit power of Congress to regulate commerce in and 
     among the states, as enumerate in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States 
     Constitution.
       Additionally, the constitutional authority on which the tax 
     provisions of this bill rest is the power of Congress to 
     explicitly 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; and therefore 
     implicitly allows Congress to reduce taxes; as enumerated in 
     Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mrs. MYRICK:
       H.R. 1698.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Clause 4 of Section 18 of Article 1 of the US Constitution
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 1699.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 9, 
     Clause 7
           By Mr. PRICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 1700.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Fifth Amendment provides that no person shall be 
     deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process 
     of law. This bill ensures that the rights of Medicare 
     beneficiaries to independently contract are not infringed by 
     the federal government.
           By Mr. POLIS:
       H.R. 1701.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       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 the 
     power of Congress to provide 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. QUIGLEY:
       H.R. 1702.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. VISCLOSKY:
       H.R. 1703.
       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. WOOLSEY:
       H.R. 1704.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is introduced under the powers granted to 
     Congress under Article 1 of the Constitution.

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