[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13675]
[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. POLIS:
        H.R. 6370.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United 
     States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws 
     necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in 
     Congress)
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2,(relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting territory or other property belonging 
     to the United States).
           By Mr. WALBERG:
        H.R. 6371.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado:
       H.R. 6372.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 12, 13, and 14 of the United 
     States Constitution reserves to Congress the power to raise 
     and support Armies, to provide and maintain a Navy, and to 
     make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and 
     naval Forces.
            By Mr. GIBSON:
        H.R. 6373.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 and 4, of Section 8, of Article I.
            By Mr. GINGREY of Georgia:
        H.R. 6374.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution
            By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
        H.R. 6375.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. SARBANES:
        H.R. 6376.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. CAMP:
        H.J. Res. 118.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general 
     Welfare of the United States.''

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