[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11325-11326]
[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. HINOJOSA:
       H.R. 2573.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have the power to 
     promote the General Welfare
           By Ms. WILSON of Florida:
       H.R. 2574.
       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. WILSON of Florida:
       H.R. 2575.
       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 Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 2576.
       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 1 of the United 
     States Constitution; whereby 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.
       Furthermore, this bill makes specific changes to existing 
     law, in accordance with the Sixteenth Amendment of the United 
     States Constitution; whereby the Congress shall have power to 
     lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source 
     derived, without apportionment among the several States, and 
     without regard to any census or enumeration.
           By Mrs. BONO MACK:
       H.R. 2577.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution the 
     United States Congress shall have power ``To regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes''.
           By Mr. DENHAM:
       H.R. 2578.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 Ms. JENKINS:
       H.R. 2579.
       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. KING of New York:
       H.R. 2580.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5
       The Congress shall have the Power to coin Money, regulate 
     the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard 
     of Weights and Measures;
           By Mr. POSEY:
       H.R. 2581.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 2 of the United States 
     Constitution

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