[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18472]
[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. FLORES:
       H.R. 6720.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 6, Clause 1:
       ``The Senators and Representatives shall receive a 
     Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, 
     and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.'' and 
     Clause 1 of Section 1 of Article I, which states ``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. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 6721.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 6 of Article I of the Constitution, 
     which states ``The Senators and Representatives shall receive 
     a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, 
     and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.'' and 
     Clause 1 of Section 1 of Article I, which states ``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 Mrs. BACHMANN:
       H.R. 6722.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 6, Clause 1 of the Constitution that 
     states ``The Senators and Representatives shall receive a 
     Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, 
     and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.''
       The 27th Amendment to the Constitution states ``Now law, 
     varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and 
     Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of 
     Representatives shall have intervened.''
           By Mrs. EMERSON:
       H.R. 6723.
       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 make all laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into execution the 
     foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the government of the United States, or in 
     any department or officer thereof, as enumerated in Article 
     I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. KELLY:
       H.R. 6724.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     which gives Congress the power to regulate commerce w/foreign 
     nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian 
     tribes.
           By Mr. MORAN:
       H.R. 6725.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill in enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 and Clause 18 
     of the United States Constitution.

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