[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15000]
[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. GARRETT:
       H.R. 6570.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 9, clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. ANDREWS:
       H.R. 6571.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5, which states ``The Congress 
     shall have power . . . to coin money, regulate the value 
     thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights 
     and measures.''
           By Mr. McGOVERN:
       H.R. 6572.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 6573.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. WALZ of Minnesota:
       H.R. 6574.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 16
       The Congress shall have Power to provide for organizing, 
     arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such 
     Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United 
     States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment 
     of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia 
     according to the discipline prescribed by Congress.

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