[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 109]
[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. LAMBORN:
       H.R. 3778.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 2.
           By Mr. OWENS:
       H.R. 3779.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: Appropriations and 
     Accounting of Public Money.
           By Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky:
       H.R. 3780.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution and 
     Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 3781.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 3782.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina:
       H.R. 3783.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``This bill follows the Constitutional prerogatives of 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, pertaining to the 
     clauses to `provide for the common Defense' and `make Rules 
     for the Government.'''
           By Mr. KUCINICH:
       H.R. 3784.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 3785.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:
       H.R. 3786.
       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 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 3787.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 3788.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 5 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and 
     Congress' plenary power under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 
     of the Constitution (commonly known as the ``commerce 
     clause''), in order to ensure that States and political 
     subdivisions thereof do not discriminate against providers 
     and consumers of mobile services by imposing new selective 
     and excessive taxes and other burdens on such providers and 
     consumers.
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 3789.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 3790.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the 
     United States. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the 
     Constitution of the United States.
           By Mr. MEEKS:
       H.R. 3791.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky:
       H.R. 3792.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
       Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2
            By Mr. SHULER:
       H.R. 3793.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 Clause 1 gives Congress the authority 
     to ``provide for the common defense and general welfare of 
     the United States.''
       Article 1 Section 8 Clause 3 gives Congress the authority 
     to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among 
     several states.''
           By Mr. STUTZMAN:
       H.R. 3794.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States, which states ``No Money shall be drawn 
     from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made 
     by Law . . .'' and clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the 
     Constitution provides that Congress shall have the Power ``to 
     pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general 
     Welfare of the United States . . .'' Together, these specific 
     constitutional provisions establish the congressional power 
     of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate 
     funds, to determine their purpose, amount, and period of 
     availability, and to set forth terms and conditions governing 
     their use.
           By Mr. YARMUTH:
       H.R. 3795.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. KUCINICH:
       H.J. Res. 100.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the U.S. Constitution.

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