[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11829]
[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. SLAUGHTER:
       H.R. 6150.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. TURNER of Ohio:
       H.R. 6151.
       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. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 6152.
       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. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 6153.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. GOSAR:
       H.R. 6154.
       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.
       Currently, the federal government possesses approximately 
     1.8 billion acres of land. The U.S. Constitution specifically 
     addresses the relationship of the federal government to 
     lands. Article IV, Sec. 3, Clause 2--the Property Clause--
     gives Congress plenary power and full authority over federal 
     property. The U.S. Supreme Court has described Congress's 
     power to legislate under this Clause as ``without 
     limitation.'' This bill falls squarely within the express 
     Constitutional power set forth in the Property Clause.
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 6155.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under the following provisions of the United States 
     Constitution:
       Article I, Section 1;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1; and
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
           By Mr. CAMP:
       H.R. 6156.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. CLEAVER:
       H.R. 6157.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1.
           By Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California:
       H.R. 6158.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the general 
     welfare of the United States); and
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power to 
     regulate interstate commerce).
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:
       H.R. 6159.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mr. KEATING:
       H.R. 6160.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 6161.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. CASSIDY:
       H.R. 6162.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS:
       H.R. 6163.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority in which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to regulate Commerce, which is 
     significantly affected by genetic disorders and can be 
     enhanced by research breakthroughs therein, as enumerated by 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.

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