[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2246]
[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. CHABOT:
       H.R. 4086.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this legislation is 
     based is found in article I, section 8, clause 9; article 
     III, section 1, clause 1; and article III, section 2, clause 
     2, of the Constitution, which grant Congress authority over 
     federal courts.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       H.R. 4087.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8.
           By Mr. QUAYLE:
       H.R. 4088.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 (``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''), 
     3 (``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes''), and 18 (``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'').

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