[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13402]
[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. KUCINICH:
       H.R. 6357.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     Article XIV of the Constitution, which enumerates that no 
     United States Citizen can be ``deprived of life, liberty, 
     property, without due process of law.'' The bill will assert 
     Congress' responsibility to defend the rights included in the 
     Bill of Rights of the Constitution.
           By Mr. KUCINICH:
       H.R. 6358.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause III of the Constitution.

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