[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12894-12895]
[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. FLEMING:
       H.R. 2793.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article IV, Section 3, 
     Clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. HIRONO:
       H.R. 2794.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       The Congress shall have Power To [. . .] provide for the 
     common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.
           By Ms. FUDGE:
       H.R. 2795.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 9, 
     Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution: Congress has the power to 
     enact this legislation pursuant to the following:
       No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in 
     Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular 
     Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all 
     public Money shall be published from time to time.
           By Mr. BUCHANAN:
       H.R. 2796.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this joint resolution 
     rests is the power of Congress as enumerated in Article I, 
     Section 5 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. BRADY of Texas:
       H.R. 2797.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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.''
       The Sixteenth Amendment: ``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.''
       The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the 
     constitutionality of the Social Security Act in Steward 
     Machine Company v. Davis, 301 U.S. 548 (1937) and Helvering 
     v. Davis, 301 U.S. 619 (1937).
           By Ms. WATERS:
       H.R. 2798.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution and
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Ms. WATERS:
       H.R. 2799.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution and
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Ms. WATERS:
       H.R. 2800.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution and
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Ms. BASS:
       H.R. 2801.
       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 1, Section 1.
       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. CHABOT:
       H.R. 2802.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: ``To make Rules for the Government 
     and Regulation of the land and naval Forces''
           By Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA:
       H.R. 2803.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause--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. HIMES:
       H.R. 2804.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``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 . . .''
           By Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California:
       H.R. 2805.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. MICHAUD:
       H.R. 2806.
       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 1 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. RICHMOND:
       H.R. 2807.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to 
     Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 
     1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the 
     Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18).
       Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made 
     for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII 
     of the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall have 
     no bearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill.
           By Mr. RICHMOND:
       H.R. 2808.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to 
     Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 
     1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the 
     Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18).
       Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made 
     for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII 
     of the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall have 
     no bearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill.
           By Mr. RICHMOND:
       H.R. 2809.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to 
     Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 
     1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the 
     Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18).
       Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made 
     for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII 
     of the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall have 
     no bearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill.
           By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina:
       H.R. 2810.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the authority enumerated in Clause 3 of Section 8 of 
     Article I of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia:
       H.R. 2811.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the procedural power 
     granted to the House of Representatives pursuant to Article 
     I, Section 7, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution. 
     This bill is enacted pursuant to the appropriations powers 
     enumerated to Congress in Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of 
     the United States Constitution. This bill is enacted in 
     fidelity to the powers vested in Congress in

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     Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution and to 
     prohibit encroachment of individual rights granted in 
     Amendment IX and state's rights granted in Amendment X of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. TONKO:
       H.R. 2812.
       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. WELCH:
       H.R. 2813.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, the power to make 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.
           By Mr. CULBERSON:
       H.J. Res. 75.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the Constitution.
           By Mr. CULBERSON:
       H.J. Res. 76.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the Constitution.

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