[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11758]
[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. LATHAM:
       H.R. 2605.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sections 8 and 9 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
           By Mr. GRIMM:
       H.R. 2606.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
           By Ms. WOOLSEY:
       H.R. 2607.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1
           By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
       H.R. 2608.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. 1, Sec. 8, c1.3 ``To regulate commerce among foreign 
     nations and the several states.''
           By Mr. COHEN:
       H.R. 2609.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 2610.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 2611.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8.
           By Mr. MACK:
       H.R. 2612.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 2613.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This act is justified by the lack of a mandate or assertion 
     of authority in the United States Constitution for the 
     federal government to establish the laws affected in this 
     act, by Article One of the United States Constitution that 
     grants legislative powers, by the Second Amendment of the 
     United States Constitution that recognizes the right to bear 
     arms, and by the Ninth Amendment and Tenth Amendment of the 
     United States Constitution that recognize that rights and 
     powers are retained and reserved by the people and the 
     states.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 2614.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Sixteenth Amendment, which gives Congress the power to 
     lay and collect taxes, clearly gives Congress the authority 
     to allow Americans to use funds from tax-free savings 
     accounts to create new business and create new jobs.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 2615.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This act is justified by the lack of a mandate or assertion 
     of authority in the United States Constitution for the 
     federal government to establish the laws affected in this 
     act, by Article One of the United States Constitution that 
     grants legislative powers, by the Second Amendment of the 
     United States Constitution that recognizes the right to bear 
     arms, and by the Ninth Amendment and Tenth Amendment of the 
     United States Constitution that recognize that rights and 
     powers are retained and reserved by the people and the 
     states.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 2616.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This act is justified by the lack of a mandate or assertion 
     of authority in the United States Constitution for the 
     federal government to establish the laws affected in this 
     act, by Article One of the United States Constitution that 
     grants legislative powers, by the Second Amendment of the 
     United States Constitution that recognizes the right to bear 
     arms, and by the Ninth Amendment and Tenth Amendment of the 
     United States Constitution that recognize that rights and 
     powers are retained and reserved by the people and the 
     states.
           By Mr. POLIS:
       H.R. 2617.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1,
       All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a 
     Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a 
     Senate and House of Representatives.
            By Mr. QUIGLEY:
        H.R. 2618.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. ROONEY:
        H.R. 2619.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution
       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 Mr. SCHWEIKERT:
        H.R. 2620.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 states that Congress has the 
     authority to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. TIPTON:
        H.R. 2621.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I. Section 8 of the United States Constitution: to 
     make rules for the government and regulation of land.
           By Mr. WOLF:
       H.R. 2622.
        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 to provide for the common defense, as 
     enumerated in the Preamble of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. AMASH:
        H.J. Res. 73.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This resolution is enacted pursuant to the powers conferred 
     by the United States Constitution upon Congress by
       Article V, which provides that ``The Congress, whenever two 
     thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose 
     Amendments to this Constitution . . . which shall be valid to 
     all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when 
     ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several 
     States . . .''

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