[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17067-17068]
[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. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 6654.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 8 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. DOGGETT:
       H.R. 6655.
       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.''
           By Mr. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 6656.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to lay and collect duties and to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8.
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 6657.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. CLARKE of Michigan:
       H.R. 6658.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Sections 7 and 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. CLARKE of Michigan:
       H.R. 6659.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Sections 7 and 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. REICHERT:
       H.R. 6660.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mrs. BACHMANN:
       H.R. 6661.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to establish Post Offices and post 
     roads, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 6662.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitution of the United States provides clear 
     authority for Congress to pass legislation regarding income 
     taxes. Article I of the Constitution, in detailing 
     Congressional authority, provides that ``Congress shall have 
     Power to lay and collect Taxes . . . ``(Sec. 8, Cl. 1). 
     Further clarifying Congressional power to enact an income 
     tax, voters amended the Constitution by popular vote to 
     provide that ``Congress shall have power to lay and collect 
     taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived. . . .'' 
     (Sixteenth Amendment). This Act modifies U.S. income tax laws 
     in a manner consistent with these Constitutional authorities.
           By Mr. BROOKS:
       H.R. 6663.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. CALVERT:
       H.R. 6664.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 1 and clause 18, and 
     Article IV, section 3, clause 2.
           By Mr. CRAWFORD:
       H.R. 6665.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article VI, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution as 
     upheld by the Supreme Court of Missouri v. Holland, 252 U.S. 
     H16 (1920)
           By Mr. KIND:
       H.R. 6666.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1.
           By Mr. KUCINICH:
       H.R. 6667.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause III and/or Article 1, Section 
     8, Clause IIXX of the Constitution.
           By Mr. KUCINICH:
       H.R. 6668.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause III of the Constitution.
           By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia:
       H.R. 6669.
       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 I of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       H.R. 6670.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8.

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