[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18730-18731]
[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.

             [Omitted from the Record of December 1, 2011]

           By Mr. CARTER:
       H.R. 3540.
       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 Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
           By Mr. TERRY:
       H.R. 3548.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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;
           By Mr. BACHUS:
       H.R. 3549.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One
           By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 3550.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Sections 5 and 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. LANDRY:
       H.R. 3551.
       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, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution, 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.
           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H.R. 3552.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8
           By Mr. KUCINICH:
       H.R. 3553.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause III of the Constitution.
            By Mr. KUCINICH:
       H.R. 3554.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause III of the Constitution.
           By Mr. KUCINICH:
       H.R. 3555.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause III of the Constitution.
           By Mr. HIGGINS:
       H.R. 3556.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of this legislation lies in 
     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; and nothing in this 
     Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims 
     of the United States, or of any particular State, as 
     enumerated in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2.
           By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 3557.
       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, Clause 4 of the United 
     State Constitution.
           By Mr. LANCE:
       H.R. 3558.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the Constitution of the United States.

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