[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9820-9821]
[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 Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 2269.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 2270.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mr. ROYCE:
       H.R. 2271.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``Article 1, section 8, clauses 3 and 18 of the 
     Constitution.''
           By Mr. YARMUTH:
       H.R. 2272.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 2273.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this 
     legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and 
     among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.
            By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
        H.R. 2274.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution 
     (clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16), 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; and to provide for organizing, arming, and 
     disciplining the militia.
            By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina:
        H.R. 2275.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation under 
     Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution, ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.'' 
     This authority is consistent with the bill's goal of 
     promoting growth, innovation and research in the United 
     States textile and fiber products industry.
           By Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ:
        H.R. 2276.
        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. DOGGETT:
        H.R. 2277.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution that grants 
     Congress the authority, ``To make all Laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the forgoing 
     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. ROONEY:
        H.R. 2278.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clauses 11 through 13, relating to 
     Congress' authority to declare war, raise and support armies, 
     and provide and maintain a Navy, respectively.
            By Mr. MICA:
        H.R. 2279.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18.
            By Mr. CICILLINE:
        H.R. 2280.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
            By Ms. ESHOO:
        H.R. 2281.
        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.
       Article IV, Section 3: ``. . . Congress shall have the 
     power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and 
     Regulations respecting the . . . property belonging to the 
     United States.''
            By Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA:
        H.R. 2282.
        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 this 
     Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims 
     of the United States, or of any particular State.
            By Mr. GOHMERT:
        H.R. 2283.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
       ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the 
     common Defense and general Welfare a the United States . . 
     .''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 11.
       ``The Congress shall have power . . . To declare War, grant 
     Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning 
     Captures on Land and Water.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 12.
       ``The Congress shall have power . . . To raise and support 
     Armies . . .''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
       ``Congress shall have the power . . . [t]o make all Laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution . . . all other Powers vested by this Constitution 
     in the Government of the United States.''
            By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas:
        H.R. 2284.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Commerce Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 3) of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
        H.R. 2285.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. HERGER:
        H.R. 2286.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
            By Ms. KAPTUR:
        H.R. 2287.
       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. LARSON of Connecticut:
        H.R. 2288.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces.
            By Mr. LATTA:
        H.R. 2289.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: Congress shall have the 
     Power . . . ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.''
            By Mrs. LOWEY:
        H.R. 2290.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I
            By Mrs. LOWEY:
        H.R. 2291.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I
            By Mrs. LOWEY:
        H.R. 2292.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I
            By Mrs. LOWEY:
        H.R. 2293.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I
            By Mrs. LOWEY:
        H.R. 2294.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I
            By Mr. McKEON:
        H.R. 2295.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, which states 
     ``The Congress shall have power to 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;''
            By Mr. MICHAUD:
        H.R. 2296.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 3 of 
     Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. NORTON:
        H.R. 2297.

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        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. REYES:
        H.R. 2298.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I, 
     Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
       Text:
       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;
       Clause 2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United 
     States;
       Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
       Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, 
     and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout 
     the United States;
       Clause 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of 
     foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
       Clause 6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting 
     the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
       Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
       Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful 
     Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors 
     the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and 
     Discoveries;
       Clause 9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme 
     Court;
       Clause 10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies 
     committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of 
     Nations;
       Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and 
     Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and 
     Water;
       Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no 
     Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term 
     than two Years;
       Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy;
       Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation 
     of the land and naval Forces;
       Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to 
     execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and 
     repel Invasions;
       Clause 16: To provide for organizing, arming, and 
     disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of 
     them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, 
     reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the 
     Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according 
     to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
       Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases 
     whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles 
     square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the 
     Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of 
     the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all 
     Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the 
     State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, 
     Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful 
     Buildings;--And
       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 Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
        H.R. 2299.
        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. STUTZMAN:
        H.R. 2300.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
     House of Representatives, the Committee finds that the 
     Constitutional authority for H.R. XXX is provided by Article 
     I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
            By Mr. STUTZMAN:
        H.R. 2301.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
     House of Representatives, the Committee finds that the 
     Constitutional authority for H.R. XXX is provided by Article 
     I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
            By Mr. STUTZMAN:
        H.R. 2302.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
     House of Representatives, the Committee finds that the 
     Constitutional authority for H.R. XXX is provided by Article 
     I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
            By Ms. WATERS:
        H.R. 2303.
        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.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 9
       The Congress shall have Power . . . To constitute Tribunals 
     inferior to the supreme Court.
       Article III, Section 1
       The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in 
     one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the 
     Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The 
     Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold 
     their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated 
     Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which 
     shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.
       Article III, Section 2
       In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers 
     and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be a Party, the 
     Supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all other 
     Cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have 
     appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such 
     Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall 
     make.
       Article IV, Section 1
       Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the 
     public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other 
     State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the 
     Manner in which such Acts, Records, and Proceedings shall be 
     proved, and the Effect thereof.
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 2
       The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be 
     suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the 
     public Safety may require it.
       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. WITTMAN:
        H.R. 2304.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.
            By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
        H.J. Res. 68.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clauses 11 through 13, relating to 
     Congress' authority to declare war, raise and support armies, 
     and provide and maintain a Navy, respectively.
            By Mrs. MALONEY:
        H.J. Res. 69.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V--Amendment.

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