[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2299]
[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. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 4089.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 ; Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3
           By Mr. CARNAHAN:
       H.R. 4090.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 a House of 
     Representatives.''
           By Ms. DEGETTE:
       H.R. 4091.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. GIBSON:
       H.R. 4092.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution 
     (clauses 10, 11, 14, and 18), which grants Congress the power 
     to define and punish offenses against the law of nations, to 
     make rules concerning captures on land and water; to make 
     rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval 
     forces; and to make all laws necessary and proper for 
     carrying out the foregoing powers.

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