[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15219]
[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. BISHOP of New York:
        H.R. 3145.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Sec. 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. LABRADOR:
        H.R. 3146.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution
            By Mr. CARNEY:
        H.R. 3147.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
        H.R. 3148.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This Act is justified by the Sixteenth Amendment, which 
     grants Congress the power to lay and collect taxes on 
     incomes.
            By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina:
        H.R. 3149.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, 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 this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.''
            By Mr. WHITFIELD:
        H.R. 3150.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 3 that grants Congress the 
     power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
            By Ms. WOOLSEY:
        H.R. 3151.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is introduced under the powers granted to 
     Congress under Article 1 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. KEATING:
        H.R. 3152.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. KEATING:
        H.R. 3153.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

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