[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7988]
[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. HARPER:
       H.R. 5859.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 5860.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Commerce Clause).
           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 5861.
       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 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. COLE:
       H.R. 5862.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8 which 
     allows Congress to regulate trade amongst the Indian Tribes.
       This bill is enacted pursuant to treaties lawfully entered 
     into and ratified pursuant to the power granted to Congress 
     under Article II, Section 2, Clause 2.
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article III Section 2 
     which grants Congress power to regulate jurisdiction in 
     courts inferior to the United States Supreme Court
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 5863.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The attached language falls within Congress' delegated 
     authority to legislate interstate commerce, found in Article 
     I, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution. Further, 
     Congress' authority to regulate the actions of government 
     officials tasked to carry out duly-enacted legislation can be 
     found in Article I, Section 8, clause 18, which authorizes 
     Congress to ``make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers . . 
     .''
            By Ms. SLAUGHTER:
        H.R. 5864.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following: Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. LIPINSKI:
        H.R. 5865.
        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 regulate foreign and interstate 
     commerce, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of 
     the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:
        H.R. 5866.
        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 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
        H.R. 5867.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the Constitution, which 
     provides: ``The Congress shall have Power to establish Post 
     Offices and post Roads.''
            By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia:
        H.R. 5868.
        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. RIVERA:
        H.R. 5869.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4: Immigration Regulation
            By Mr. SCHIFF:
        H.R. 5870.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, the necessary and proper 
     clause, which gives Congress the power to make all laws that 
     are necessary and proper.

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