[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 891-892]
[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. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 3880.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. STARK:
       H.R. 3881.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       * Clause 4, Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. RIGELL:
        H.R. 3882.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, section 3, clause 2
           By Mr. BROUN of Georgia:
       H.R. 3883.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mrs. CAPPS:
        H.R. 3884.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. CRAWFORD:
        H.R. 3885.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the enumerated powers listed in Article I, Section 8, 
     which include the power to ``regulate commerce...among the 
     several States...''.
            By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
        H.R. 3886. Congress has the power to enact this 
     legislation pursuant to the following:
       Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution
           By Mr. HOLT:
       H.R. 3887.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the Constitution of the United States
            By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 3888.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8.
           By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 3889.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 of the Constitution
           By Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California:
       H.R. 3890.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Emergency Judicial Relief Act of 2012 is authorized by 
     Article 1 Section 8 to constitute Tribunals inferior to the 
     Supreme Court.

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           By Mr. MARKEY:
       H.R. 3891.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3
           By Mr. McCLINTOCK:
        H.R. 3892.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the Constitution of the 
     United States of America.
           By Mr. MULVANEY:
       H.R. 3893.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution, 
     which provides Congress with the ability to enact legislation 
     necessary and proper to effectuate its purposes in taxing and 
     spending.

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