[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 13087-13088]
[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. MICA:
        H.R. 2844.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 clause 17 (relating to 
     authority over the district as the seat of government), 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 Mr. SHUSTER:
        H.R. 2845.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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).
            By Mr. RIGELL:
        H.R. 2846.
       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.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have 
     Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper 
     for carrying into Execution the forgoing Powers,

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     and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.''
            By Mr. SMITH of Texas:
        H.R. 2847.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause IV of the Constitution
            By Mr. POE of Texas:
        H.R. 2848.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 13 and 18
            By Ms. RICHARDSON:
        H.R. 2849.
        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 I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Ms. RICHARDSON:
        H.R. 2850.
        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 I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. BARROW:
        H.R. 2851.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 1--The Commerce Clause of the 
     U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
        H.R. 2852.
        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 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 Mrs. CAPPS:
        H.R. 2853.
        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. DesJARLAIS:
        H.R. 2854.
        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 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, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 2855.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. GIBSON:
       H.R. 2856.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically clause 1 (relating to the power of Congress to 
     provide for the general welfare of the United States), clause 
     3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate commerce), 
     and clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws 
     necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in 
     Congress).''
           By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 2857.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8.
           By Mr. KIND:
       H.R. 2858.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8.
           By Ms. LEE of California:
       H.R. 2859.
       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 I of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Mr. LOEBSACK:
       H.R. 2860.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of section 8 of article I of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       H.R. 2861.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Commerce Clause).
           By Mr. MEEKS:
       H.R. 2862.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. REICHERT:
       H.R. 2863.
       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 Mr. SHUSTER:
       H.R. 2864.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
           By Mr. REED:
       H.J. Res. 77.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 relating to the power to pay 
     the debts of the United States.

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