[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 322]
[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. HIRONO:
        H.R. 3824.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. POMPEO:
        H.R. 3825.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1.
            By Mr. COURTNEY:
        H.R. 3826.
        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. GUTHRIE:
        H.R. 3827.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Section 3
       To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes
            By Mr. HUELSKAMP:
        H.R. 3828.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is introduced under the authority of 
     Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14, which grants Congress the 
     power to ``make Rules for the Government and Regulation of 
     land and naval Forces,''; Article 1, Section 8, Clause 16, 
     which grants Congress the power to ``provide for the 
     organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for 
     governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service 
     of the United States''; and the ``free exercise'' clause of 
     the First Amendment to the Constitution, which ensures the 
     right to freely exercise one's religion.
            By Ms. MOORE:
        H.R. 3829.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
        H.R. 3830.
        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 ``to regulate commerce with foreign nations.''
            By Mr. TERRY:
        H.R. 3831.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Commerce Clause: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. THORNBERRY:
        H.R. 3832.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.

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