[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6670]
[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. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 5737.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 6, Clause 1, of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan:
       H.R. 5738.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7.
           By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina:
       H.R. 5739.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the authority enumerated in Clause 2 of Section 3 of 
     Article IV of the United States Constitution.

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