[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12946]
[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. CONYERS:
       H.R. 2823.
       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 in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of 
     the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. REICHERT:
        H.R. 2824.
        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, specifically clause 1 (relating to 
     providing for the general welfare of the United States) and 
     clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary 
     and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress), 
     and 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. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 2825.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Artic1e IV: States' Powers and Limits
       Section 3: New States and Federal Property
       Clause 2: Federal Property and the Territorial 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

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