[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8618]
[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 Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 2084.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4, Clause 1
           By Ms. SLAUGHTER:
       H.R. 2085.
       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 (clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18).
           By Mr. SHULER:
       H.R. 2086.
       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. RIGELL:
       H.R. 2087.
       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 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. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 2088.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. GUINTA:
       H.R. 2089.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 7 and Clause 18
           By Mr. HULTGREN:
       H.R. 2090.
       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. BOSWELL:
       H.R. 2091.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. GRIMM:
       H.R. 2092.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Sixteenth Amendment
       Congress shall have power to levy, or repeal, taxes on 
     incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment 
     among the several States
           By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 2093.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article. I. Section. 8.
       More specifically,
       Article. 1. Section 8. Clause 3.
       Article I. Section. 8. Clause 18.
            By Mr. LARSEN of Washington:
       H.R. 2094.
       At Congress has the power to enact this legislation 
     pursuant to the following:
       Under Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution, ``the House 
     of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every 
     second Year by the People of the several States.'' As 
     described in Article 1, Section 1 ``all legislative powers 
     herein granted shall be vested in a Congress.'' I was elected 
     in 2010 to serve in the 112th Congress as certified by the 
     Secretary of State of Washington state.
       Article III, Section 2 states that the Supreme Court has 
     ``the judicial power'' that ``shall extend to all cases, in 
     law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of 
     the United States.'' Article II, Section 1 of the 
     Constitution provides that the Supreme Court is the supreme 
     law of the land when stating ``The judicial power of the 
     United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court.''
       The power of judicial review of the Supreme Court was 
     upheld in Marbury v Madison in 1803, giving the Supreme Court 
     the authority to strike down any law it deems 
     unconstitutional. Members of Congress, having been elected 
     and taken the oath of office, are given the authority to 
     introduce legislation and only the Supreme Court, as 
     established by the Constitution and precedent, can determine 
     the Constitutionality of this authority.
           By Ms. MATSUI:
       H.R. 2095.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 3
           By Mr. McCAUL:
       H.R. 2096.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is authorized by the United States 
     Constitution under Article I, Section 8, ``Congress shall 
     have the power To . . . provide for the common Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States'' and ``To make all Laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the forgoing Powers.''
           By Mr. OWENS:
       H.R. 2097.
       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 held in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 
     of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. PAYNE:
       H.R. 2098.
       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. ROONEY:
       H.R. 2099.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8--To regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes.
           By Mr. ROONEY:
       H.R. 2100.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8--To regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes.
           By Mr. ROONEY:
       H.R. 2101.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8--To regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes.
           By Mr. STEARNS:
       H.R. 2102.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 12: The Congress shall have Power 
     * * * To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Ms. TSONGAS:
       H.R. 2103.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8, Clause 1.
           By Mr. WHITFIELD:
       H.R. 2104.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 3, which grants Congress the 
     power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the 
     several States, and within the Indian tribes.

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