[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2017-2018]
[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. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 2453.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 states: ``The Congress shall 
     have Power . . . To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, 
     and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and 
     Measures.''
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio:
       H.R. 4048.
       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. NEAL:
       H.R. 4049.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I and the 16th Amendment 
     to the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. NEAL:
       H.R. 4050.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I and the 16th Amendment 
     to the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. STUTZMAN:
       H.R. 4051.
       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. STUTZMAN:
       H.R. 4052.
       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. TOWNS:
       H.R. 4053.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This Bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, known as the 
     ``Commerce Clause.'' This provision grants Congress the broad 
     power to ``regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''\1\
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     \1\ Please note, pursuant to Article I, section 8, Congress 
     has the power ``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, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.''
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           By Mr. WALZ of Minnesota:
       H.R. 4054.
       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 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 4055.
       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 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. BILBRAY:
       H.R. 4056.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article VI, Clause 2: This Constitution, and the Laws of 
     the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; 
     and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the 
     Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of 
     the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound 
     thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State 
     to the Contrary notwithstanding.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 4057.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution 
     (clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16), which grants Congress the power 
     to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy; 
     to make rules for the government and regulation of the land 
     and naval forces; and to provide for organizing, arming, and 
     disciplining the militia.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 4058.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitution of the United States provides clear 
     authority for Congress to pass legislation to provide equity 
     in the bankruptcy process. Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of 
     the Constitution provides that Congress has the power to 
     ``establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform 
     Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United 
     States''.
           By Mrs. BONO MACK:
       H.R. 4059.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The authority for enactment of this Bill flows from Article 
     I, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution. Congress may 
     prescribe by statute the procedures which are reasonably 
     necessary to effectuate its constitutional purpose of 
     regulating commerce among the several states.
           By Mr. FLEISCHMANN:
       H.R. 4060.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 1 & 18.
           By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 4061.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clauses 1 and 18.
           By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 4062.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 7
           By Mr. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 4063.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``The Congress will have the Power to dispose of and make 
     all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States'' (article IV, 
     section 3).
           By Mr. MULVANEY:
       H.R. 4064.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. 
     Constitution.''
           By Mr. PIERLUISI:
       H.R. 4065.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to provide for the general welfare 
     of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; to make all laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     execution such power, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 of the Constitution; and to make rules and 
     regulations respecting the U.S. territories, as enumerated in 
     Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. PRICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 4066.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Current law has created a regulatory structure over the 
     health care system. In order to make this system more 
     compatible with a proper Constitutional structure, this bill 
     will ensure that there is less regulation impeding the 
     ability of pathologists to provide important services to 
     patients and doctors.
           By Mr. QUAYLE:
       H.R. 4067.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1 of the United States Constitution; 
     Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     including but not limited to, Clauses 1, 3, 18.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Alabama:
       H.R. 4068.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the 
     United States
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
       H.R. 4069.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution
           By Mr. TURNER of New York:
       H.R. 4070.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 9 of the Constitution of the 
     United States:
       [The Congress shall have Power] To constitute Tribunals 
     inferior to the supreme Court;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States
       The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall 
     be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     forgoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any 
     Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. GINGREY of Georgia:
       H.J. Res. 103.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution that 
     states, ``The Congress shall

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     have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes''

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