[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13937]
[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. MARKEY:
       H.R. 6377.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8.
           By Mr. McNERNEY: 
       H.R. 6378.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. CLYBURN:
       H.R. 6379.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. GIBSON:
       H.R. 6380.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution 
     (clauses 1, 3, 14, and 18), which grants Congress the power 
     of Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United 
     States; to regulate interstate commerce; to make rules for 
     the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; 
     and to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out 
     the powers vested in Congress.
           By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 6381.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority to enact this legislation can 
     be found in:
       General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 1)
       Commerce Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 c1. 3)
       Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 18)
       Constitutional analysis is a rigorous discipline which goes 
     far beyond the text of the Constitution, and requires 
     knowledge of case law, history, and the tools of 
     constitutional interpretation. While the scope of Congress' 
     powers is an appropriate matter for House debate, the listing 
     of specific textual authorities for routine Congressional 
     legislation about which there is no legitimate constitutional 
     concern is a diminishment of the majesty of our Founding 
     Fathers' vision for our national legislature.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 6382.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 6383.
       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 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut:
       H.R. 6384.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1, Section 8, Article I
           By Ms. McCOLLUM: 
       H.R. 6385.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which gives Congress the 
     power ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper 
     for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers.''
           By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan:
       H.R. 6386.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4.
           By Mr. REED:
       H.R. 6387.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 as well as Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 18

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