[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12106]
[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 Ms. HAYWORTH:
       H.R. 2642.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution 
     reserves to Congress the power to raise and support Armies 
     and provide and maintain a Navy, as well as make Rules for 
     the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.
           By Mr. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 2643.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (spending authorization);
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (foreign commerce); and
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 (immigration regulation).
           By Mr. COSTELLO:
       H.R. 2644.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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 Mr. STARK:
       H.R. 2645.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3, Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio:
       H.R. 2646.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the 
     United States Constitution
           By Mr. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 2647.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Ms. HIRONO:
        H.R. 2648.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mr. BRADY of Texas:
        H.R. 2649.
        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. COSTA:
        H.R. 2650.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Section Eight, Clause one of the first Article 
     one the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:
        H.R. 2651.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, Section Eight
            By Mr. COBLE:
        H.R. 2652.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 6 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. COOPER:
       H.R. 2653.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Sections 8 and 9 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
           By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 2654.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. GERLACH:
       H.R. 2655.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. KIND:
       H.R. 2656.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8.
           By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 2657.
       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. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California:
       H.R. 2658.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the Commerce Clause of Article 1, Section 8 and to provide 
     for the common defense also in Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mrs. MALONEY:
       H.R. 2659.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. McCAUL:
       H.R. 2660.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution: 
     ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To establish Post 
     Offices and post Roads.''
           By Mr. OWENS:
       H.R. 2661.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Commerce Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 3) of the United 
     States Constitution provides that the Congress shall have the 
     power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce.
           By Mr. RIBBLE:
       H.R. 2662.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. SMITH of Washington:
       H.J. Res. 74.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clauses 11 through 13, relating to 
     Congress' authority to declare war, raise and support armies, 
     and provide and maintain a Navy, respectively.

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