[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 10487-10488]
[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. McNERNEY:
        H.R. 2406.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 2407.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. REICHERT:
       H.R. 2408.
       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. BROUN of Georgia:
       H.R. 2409.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 2 of the Constitution grants 
     Congress the power ``to borrow Money on the Credit of the 
     United States.''
           By Mr. TOWNS:
       H.R. 2410.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This Bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, known as the 
     ``Commerce Clause.'' This provision grants Congress the broad 
     power to ``regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''\1\
       \1\Please note, pursuant to Article I, section 8, Congress 
     has the 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. CRAWFORD:
       H.R. 2411.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the enumerated powers listed in Article I, Section 8, 
     which include the power to ``lay and collect taxes, duties, 
     imports, and excises, to pay the debts. . .''.
           By Mr. McGOVERN: 
       H.R. 2412.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California:
       H.R. 2413.
       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. LANKFORD:
       H.R. 2414.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 which states The Congress 
     shall have the power ``to regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes.''
           By Mr. BARLETTA:
       H.R. 2415.
       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 1, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. BARLETTA:
       H.R. 2416.
       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 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. BARTON of Texas:
       H.R. 2417.
       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. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H.R. 2418.
       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. CONNOLLY of Virginia:
       H.R. 2419.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, which states that 
     Congress, among other things:
       ``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; To provide and maintain a Navy''
           By Ms. DeGETTE:
       H.R. 2420.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 and Article IV, section 3 of the 
     Constitution of the United States grant Congress the 
     authority to enact this bill.
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 2421.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. GRIMM:
       H.R. 2422.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Legislation to 
     name a Post Office after an individual is constitutional 
     under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, which gives Congress 
     the power to establish Post Offices and post roads.
           By Mr. HINCHEY:
       H.R. 2423.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3, the Commerce Clause.
           By Mr. RUSH:
       H.R. 2424.
       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 Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 2425.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I. Section 8. Clause 3. and Article I. Section 8. 
     Clause 18
           By Mr. LONG:
       H.R. 2426.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section I
       Article I Section 8 Clause 9
       Article III Section 2
           By Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California:
       H.R. 2427.
       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. NEUGEBAUER:
       H.R. 2428.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. NEUGEBAUER:
       H.R. 2429.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any 
     Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. SABLAN:
       H.R. 2430.
       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 (clause 1), which grants Congress the 
     power to collect taxes and expend funds to provide for the 
     general welfare of the United States.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:
       H.R. 2431.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mr. VISCLOSKY:
       H.R. 2432.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 8, Section 3, of Article I of the Constitution

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