[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6998-6999]
[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 Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
        H.R. 5781.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 ``To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.''
            By Ms. WATERS:
        H.R. 5782.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to lay and collect duties and to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8.
            By Ms. WATERS:
        H.R. 5783.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to lay and collect duties and to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8.
            By Ms. WATERS:
        H.R. 5784.

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        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to lay and collect duties and to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8.
            By Ms. WATERS:
        H.R. 5785.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to lay and collect duties and to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. DOLD:
        H.R. 5786.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, which states that, ``The Congress 
     shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts 
     and excises . . .''
            By Mr. JONES:
        H.R. 5787.
        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 11, and Article 
     II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. REICHERT:
        H.R. 5788.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7
       ``The Congress shall have Power to establish Post Offices 
     and postroads''
            By Mr. POLIS:
        H.R. 5789.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United 
     States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws 
     necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in 
     Congress)
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States).
            By Mr. BACA:
        H.R. 5790.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. FLAKE:
        H.R. 5791.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2.
       The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in 
     this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any 
     Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
            By Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California:
        H.R. 5792.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14, to make Rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.

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