[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9030-9031]
[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. ISSA:
        H.R. 2146.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.R. 2147.
       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 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. BURTON of Indiana:
       H.R. 2148.
       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), which 
     grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to 
     provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government 
     and regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for 
     organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to make 
     all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the foregoing 
     powers.
            By Ms. HANABUSA:
       H.R. 2149.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 6, ``The Congress shall have 
     Power . . . To establish Post Offices and post Roads;''
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Washington:
       H.R. 2150.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. HONDA:
       H.R. 2151.
       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. HOYER:
       H.R. 2152.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact the Eunice Kennedy Shriver 
     Act pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     Constitution of the United States.
           By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 2153.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation introduces a clarification that limits the 
     scope of an existing statute. As such, this bill makes 
     specific changes to existing law in a manner that returns 
     power to the States and to the people, in accordance with 
     Amendment X of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. MACK:
       H.R. 2154.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. MACK:
       H.R. 2155.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. MACK:
       H.R. 2156.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. McKEON:
       H.R. 2157.
       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

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     this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any 
     Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
           By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California:
       H.R. 2158.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7: To establish Post Offices 
     and post Roads.

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