[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 45-46]
[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.

                      [Submitted January 10, 2012]

           By Mr. CHRISTOPHER P. GIBSON:
       H.R. 3769.
       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.

                      [Submitted January 13, 2012]

           By Mr. LANDRY:
       H.R. 3770.
       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 as well as 
     Article I, Section 5, Clauses 2 and 4 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 3771.
       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 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:
       H.R. 3772.
       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 1, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United 
     States Constitution.

                      [Submitted January 17, 2012]

           By Mr. OLSON:
       H.R. 3773.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18--The Congress shall have 
     Power To . . . make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and 
     all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof. (Necessary and Proper Regulations to 
     Effectuate Powers)
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois:
       H.R. 3774.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 5 states that ``Each House may determine 
     the Rules of its proceedings''
           By Mr. PITTS:
       H.R. 3775.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 3776.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sections 1 and 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 3777.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:
       H.J. Res. 99.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 5 of the Constitution states: The Congress, 
     whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, 
     shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the 
     application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several 
     states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, 
     which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and 
     purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the 
     legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by 
     conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other 
     mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; 
     provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the 
     year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner 
     affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of 
     the first article; and that no state, without its consent, 
     shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.

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