[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12254]
[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. WELCH:
        H.R. 2663.
        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 Mrs. NAPOLITANO:
        H.R. 2664.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.
            By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
        H.R. 2665.
        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 (Clause 14), which grants Congress the 
     power to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the 
     land and naval Forces.''
            By Mr. PASCRELL:
        H.R. 2666.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article I, Section 10, 
     Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. CONYERS:
        H.R. 2667.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 4 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. ISSA:
        H.R. 2668.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section I and Section 8.
            By Mr. DOGGETT:
        H.R. 2669.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of 
     Article I of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. BROOKS:
        H.R. 2670.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8. ``The Congress shall have the power . 
     . . to establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization . . .''
            By Mr. CARTER:
        H.R. 2671.
        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. GERLACH:
        H.R. 2672.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 18 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. MARKEY:
        H.R. 2673.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS:
        H.R. 2674.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, clause 3 to regulate 
     Commerce among the several States.
            By Mr. RIBBLE:
        H.R. 2675.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:
       H.R. 2676.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. 1, Sec. 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: ``To regulate 
     commerce among foreign nations and the several states.''

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