[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8530-8531]
[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. RANGEL:
       H.R. 2065.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8. The Congress shall have the Power . . 
     . To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the 
     high Seas, and offenses against the Law of Nations;
           By Mr. ROSS of Florida:
       H.R. 2066.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
       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. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 2067.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1 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. KINZINGER of Illinois:
       H.R. 2068.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to clause 7 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     Constitution, Congress has the authority to regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes;
           By Mr. DIAZ-BALART:
       H.R. 2069.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio:
       H.R. 2070.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I, 
     Section 1, clause 18 and pursuant to Article I, section 8, 
     clause 18 and of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. REICHERT:
       H.R. 2071.
       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

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     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. GARY G. MILLER of California:
       H.R. 2072.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the general 
     welfare of the United States); and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate 
     commerce).
           By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H.R. 2073.
       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 Ms. BUERKLE:
       H.R. 2074.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 2075.
       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 Mr. GOWDY:
       H.R. 2076.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, of the Constitution
           By Mr. PRICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 2077.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The repeal of this provision is consistent with the powers 
     that are reserved to the States and to the people as 
     expressed in Amendment X to the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. LOEBSACK:
       H.R. 2078.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1; and Article I, section 8, 
     clause 3.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York:
       H.R. 2079.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 2080.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This act is justified by sixteenth amendment which, by 
     granting Congress the power to lay and collect taxes allows 
     Congress to provide tax relief to Americans forced to leave 
     their homes because of a natural disaster.
           By Mr. RENACCI:
       H.R. 2081.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, which 
     grants Congress the power to regulate Commerce amongst the 
     several states.
           By Mr. SCHOCK:
       H.R. 2082.
       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 of 
     the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:
       H.R. 2083.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution: 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 Prejudiced any 
     Claims of the United States, or any other particular State.

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