[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16277]
[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. HALL:
       H.R. 6633.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. CANTOR:
       H.R. 6634.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
           By Mr. WALDEN:
       H.R. 6635.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     pursuant to the following:
       1) Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall 
     have Power To lay and Collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and 
     Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence 
     and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, 
     Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United 
     States''
       2) Article I, Section 1--All legislative powers herein 
     granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, 
     which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
           By Mr. GRIMM:
       H.R. 6636.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Legislation to 
     name a Post Office after an individual is constitutional 
     under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, which gives Congress 
     the power to establish Post Offices and post roads.
           By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 6637.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3.
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 6638.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. GALLEGLY:
       H.R. 6639.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution. The Congress 
     shall have Power to . . . provide for the common Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States.
           By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 6640.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. RIBBLE:
       H.R. 6641.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

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