[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8750]
[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.

           Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina:
       H.R. 2145.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the authority enumerated in Clause 3 of Section 8 of 
     Article I of the United States Constitution.

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