[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4108]
[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. MULVANEY:
        H.R. 4256.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 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.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. ``To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.''
       The 14th Amendment to the Constitution. ``No State shall 
     make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or 
     immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any 
     State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, 
     without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its 
     jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws . . . The 
     Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate 
     legislation, the provisions of this article.''
            By Mr. ISSA:
        H.R. 4257.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Sec. 8
       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;
       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 Government of the 
     United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mr. McDERMOTT:
        H.R. 4258.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. LANKFORD:
        H.R. 4259.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Sec. 8
       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.
            By Ms. CLARKE of New York:
        H.R. 4260.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution
            By Mr. ISRAEL:
        H.R. 4261.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mr. PALLONE:
        H.R. 4262.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona:
        H.J. Res. 106.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Victims' Rights Amendment is introduced pursuant to 
     Article V: ``The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses 
     shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this 
     Constitution . . .''

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