[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11218-11219]
[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. HANNA:
       H.R. 2527.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 states: ``The Congress shall 
     have Power . . . To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, 
     and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and 
     Measures.''
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 2528.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Ms. JENKINS:
       H.R. 2529.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. MICHAUD:
       H.R. 2530.
       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. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 2531.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. RUPPERSBERGER:
        H.R. 2532.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3, the Commerce Clause.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas:
       H.R. 2533.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 (the Bankruptcy Clause); 
     Article III, Section 1 (the power of Congress to establish 
     inferior federal courts)
           By Mr. GOWDY:
       H.R. 2534.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution enumerates the 
     power of Congress 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 Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas:
       H.R. 2535.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       To the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. PETRI:
       H.R. 2536.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. COHEN:
       H.R. 2537.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This Bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, known as the 
     ``General Welfare Clause.'' This provision grants Congress 
     the broad power ``to pay the Debts and provide for the common 
     defense and general welfare of the United States.''
           By Mr. CALVERT:
       H.R. 2538.
       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 18 (relating to the 
     power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out 
     the powers vested in Congress).
           By Ms. FUDGE:
       H.R. 2539.
       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. FUDGE:
       H.R. 2540.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Fifteenth Amendment, Sections 1 and 2
       Section. 1. The right of citizens of the United States to 
     vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or 
     by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition 
     of servitude.
       Section. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this 
     article by appropriate legislation.
           By Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER:
       H.R. 2541.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. MACK:
       H.R. 2542.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
           By Mrs. MALONEY:
       H.R. 2543.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Ms. McCOLLUM:
       H.R. 2544.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which gives Congress the 
     power ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper 
     for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers.''
           By Mr. MICHAUD:
       H.R. 2545.
       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 of the United States 
     Constitution, including, but not limited to, Clauses 1 and 
     18.
           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 2546.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, 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. SARBANES:
       H.R. 2547.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. SCHOCK:
       H.R. 2548.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress as stated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 7 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 2549.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution

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