[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11302-11303]
[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 Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 6106.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. RANGEL:
       H.R. 6107.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following: Congress is given the power under the 
     Constitution ``To raise and support Armies,'' ``To provide 
     and maintain a Navy,'' and ``To make Rules for the Government 
     and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.'' Art. I, 
     Sec. 8, cls. 12-14. See also: ROSTKER V. GOLDBERG, 453 U. S. 
     57 (1981)
           By Mr. FLORES:
       H.R. 6108.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 which states that no money 
     shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of 
     Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement

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     and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public 
     Money shall be published from time to time. The 
     Appropriations Clause provides Congress with a mechanism to 
     control or to limit spending by the federal government
           By Mr. LEVIN:
       H.R. 6109.
       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.''
       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.''
           By Mr. LIPINSKI:
       H.R. 6110.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have 
     Power * * * To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
       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.
           By Mr. HECK:
       H.R. 6111.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 of the United States Constitution, to make all laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     execution the foregoing Powers, and all other powers vested 
     by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, 
     or in any Department or officer thereof.
           By Mr. WOODALL:
       H.R. 6112.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``Commerce Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 3)
       Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 18)
           By Mrs. LUMMIS:
       H.R. 6113.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
       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.
       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 Defense and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.
       The abandoned mine land fund is a tax on coal produced, in 
     part, on federal lands. Both the tax, and its distribution 
     were created pursuant to the Surface Mining Control and 
     Reclamation Act of 1977, presumably with the Constitutional 
     authority to tax, raise revenue, and spend that revenue under 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. This legislation seeks to 
     repeal a section of that bill dealing with the distribution 
     of AML funds. While the Constitution gives no explicit 
     authority to repeal, it can be inferred that what Congress 
     has the Constitutional authority to create, it can also 
     repeal.
           By Mr. BENISHEK:
       H.R. 6114.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, clause 2
       ``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;''
           By Ms. BUERKLE:
       H.R. 6115.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8, clause 1 (``The Congress shall have Power To lay 
     and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises . . .''), and 
     the 16th Amendment.
           By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
       H.R. 6116.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grant Congress the authority to make all needful Rules 
     and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property 
     belonging to the United States.''
            By Mr. CONYERS:
        H.R. 6117.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4.
            By Mr. GRIMM:
        H.R. 6118.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 to make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mr. HONDA:
        H.R. 6119.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. HONDA:
        H.R. 6120.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut:
        H.R. 6121.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 7, section 8, of article I to establish Post Offices 
     and Post Roads, in combination with clause 18, section 8, 
     article I 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.
            By Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California:
        H.R. 6122.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 and Article I, Section 8,
       Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States.
            By Ms. MATSUI:
        H.R. 6123.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. NADLER:
        H.R. 6124.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following: clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the 
     Constitution and clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. RENACCI:
        H.R. 6125.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment X is cited as delegating to the states or to the 
     people all ``powers not delegated to the United States by the 
     Constitution.''
       Additionally, 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 foregoing Powers, 
     and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.
            Mr. FILNER:
        H.R. 6126.
        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 4), which grants Congress the 
     power to establish a Uniform rule of Naturalization 
     throughout the United States.

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