[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15799]
[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. CASSIDY:
       H.R. 6611.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. McCARTHY of California:
       H.R. 6612.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 6613.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Commerce Clause).
           By Ms. MATSUI:
       H.R. 6614.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. PERLMUTTER:
       H.R. 6615.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. PRICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 6616.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill makes changes to existing law relating to Article 
     1, Section 8 which provides that, ``The Congress shall have 
     Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, 
     to pay the debts and provide for the common Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, 
     Imposts, and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United 
     States.'' The Secretary of the Treasury is responsible for 
     the collection of any tax at the federal level. It is purview 
     of the Congress to determine which taxes the Secretary shall 
     or shall not collect. Clarifying direction to the Secretary 
     in regards to a foreign financial transaction tax will ease 
     the administrative and compliance burden on the private 
     financial sector and the federal government.
           By Mr. SIMPSON:
       H.R. 6617.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, which grants Congress the power to 
     regulate Commerce with the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. SMITH of Washington:
       H.R. 6618.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8. ``. . . provide for the common Defence 
     and general Welfare of the United States . . .''
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 6619.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2

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