[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11076-11077]
[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. CAMPBELL:
        H.R. 2508.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States.
            By Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California:
       H.R. 2509.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Ms. SUTTON:
        H.R. 2510.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. GOODLATTE:
       H.R. 2511.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 8 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. HECK:
        H.R. 2512.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Ms. BALDWIN:
        H.R. 2513.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
        H.R. 2514.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Mr. BURGESS:
        H.R. 2515.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The attached bill is constitutional under Article I, 
     Section VIII: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and 
     collect Taxes''.
            By Mr. BURGESS:
        H.R. 2516.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The attached bill is constitutional under Article I, 
     Section VIII: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and 
     collect Taxes''.
            By Mr. CAPUANO:
        H.R. 2517.
        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. DAVIS of Illinois:
        H.R. 2518.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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;
            By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
        H.R. 2519.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. MATSUI:
        H.R. 2520.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 3
            By Mr. MORAN:
        H.R. 2521.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This Bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of 
     the United States Constitution, which provides that the 
     Congress shall have Power:
       ``To regulate Commerce . . . among the several States, and 
     with the Indian Tribes;'' and
       ``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 Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD:
        H.R. 2522.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States of America.
            By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
        H.R. 2523.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution (Clause 1), which says the Congress shall 
     provide for the general Welfare of the United States.
            By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
        H.R. 2524.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. WU:
        H.R. 2525.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
        H.R. 2526.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article 4, Section 3, 
     Clause 2.
            By Mr. SCHRADER:
        H.J. Res. 72.
        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 V of the United States Constitution.

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