[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10811-10812]
[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. DINGELL:
       H.R. 2482.
       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 of the Constitution of the United States.
           By Mr. GRIMM:
       H.R. 2483.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. HARRIS:
       H.R. 2484.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 & 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
       Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
       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 the Constitution in the Government 
     of the United States, or in any Department or Officer 
     thereof.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 2485.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18; and including, but not 
     solely limited to the 14th Amendment.
           By Ms. BORDALLO:
       H.R. 2486.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I.
           By Mr. FLAKE:
       H.R. 2487.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress 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), clause 
     3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate commerce), 
     and clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws 
     necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in 
     Congress).
           By Mr. HINCHEY:
       H.R. 2488.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
       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;
           By Mr. HOLT:
       H.R. 2489.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the Constitution of the United States.
           By Mr. INSLEE:
       H.R. 2490.
       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 1, Section 8, Clause 18, 
     which provides that Congress shall have 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 the Constitution in the Government of the United States, 
     or in any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 2491.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the explicit power of Congress to regulate commerce in and 
     among the states, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States 
     Constitution.
       Additionally, the constitutional authority on which the tax 
     provisions of this bill rest is the power of Congress to 
     explicitly 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 and, therefore, 
     implicitly allows Congress to reduce taxes, as enumerated in 
     Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. MARINO:
       H.R. 2492.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       1) 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.
       2) Article I, Section 9, Clause 3
       To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 2493.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution
           By Mr. NADLER:
       H.R. 2494.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18.
           By Mr. TIERNEY:
       H.R. 2495.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.

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