[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2900-2901]
[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. STEARNS:
        H.R. 4132.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the power to regulate 
     interstate activity.
            By Mr. CANTOR:
        H.R. 4133.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the authority to enact this legislation 
     pursuant to Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. 
     Constitution, the power to ``regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations'' and pursuant to Article I, Section 8, clause 1, the 
     power to ``provide for the common Defence.''
            By Mrs. BLACK:
        H.R. 4134.
        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, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution; whereby 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.
       Furthermore, this bill makes specific changes to existing 
     law, in accordance with Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     United States Constitution; whereby the Congress shall have 
     Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.

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            By Mr. FLAKE:
        H.R. 4135.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, which gives Congress the 
     power `` to regulate commerce with foreign nations,'' and 
     Clause 18, ``to make all laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers.''
            By Mr. GARDNER:
        H.R. 4136.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, clause 2.
            By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
        H.R. 4137.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Ms. LEE of California:
        H.R. 4138.
        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. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California:
        H.R. 4139.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The amendment to the Internal Revenue Code to extend 
     permanently the 100 percent exclusion of gain from the sale 
     or exchange of qualified small business stock is authorized 
     by Article 1 Section 8 to Lay and collect taxes.
            By Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut:
        H.R. 4140.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. PAYNE:
        H.R. 4141.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Commerce Clause, Article I Section 8 Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution of the United States, grants Congress the power 
     ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes''.
            By Mr. RUNYAN:
        H.R. 4142.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mr. TIBERI:
        H.R. 4143.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 7 of the United States Constitution 
     which provides that ``All bills for raising Revenue shall 
     originate in the House of Representatives.''

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