[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 1023-1024]
[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. NORTON:
       H.R. 3902.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Ms. BALDWIN:
       H.R. 3903.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Sections 7 & 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. REHBERG:
       H.R. 3904.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 3, the Commerce Clause.
           By Mr. BACA:
       H.R. 3905.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 18.
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York:
       H.R. 3906.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Ms. HIRONO:
       H.R. 3907.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Ms. HIRONO:
       H.R. 3908.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. MARINO:
       H.R. 3909.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (1) 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
       (2) Article I, Section 9, Clause 3
       To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California:
       H.R. 3910.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.
           By Mr. RIBBLE:
       H.J. Res. 101.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional amendment authority and process set 
     forth in Article V of the U.S. Constitution.

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