[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10185]
[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. SMITH of Texas:
       H.R. 6029.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may 
     not be limited to, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. LEVIN:
       H.R. 6030.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Sections 7 & 8 of 
     Article I of the United States Constitution and Amendment XVI 
     of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 6031.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Sections 7 & 8 of 
     Article I of the United States Constitution and Amendment XVI 
     of the United States Constitution.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 6032.
       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 of Congress to 
     make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress and the Executive Branch), and 
     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) of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
           By Mr. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 6033.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1: ``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''
           By Mr. GARAMENDI:
       H.R. 6034.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Ms. RICHARDSON:
       H.R. 6035.
       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, Clauses 1 and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Michigan:
       H.R. 6036.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill relates to matters concerning the foreign policy 
     and national security of the United States.
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States provides, in pertinent part, that ``Congress shall 
     have power . . . to pay the debts and provide for the common 
     defense and general welfare of the United States'';  . . . to 
     raise and support armies.  . .''; ``To provide and maintain a 
     Navy''; ``To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of 
     the land and naval Forces''; and ``To make all laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested in this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.''
           By Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado:
       H.R. 6037.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authorities on which this bill rests is:
       Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the 
     United States Constitution
       This states that ``Congress shall have power to . . . 
     regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several 
     states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The power to regulate 
     commerce among the several states is the power to define 
     conditions and rules for commercial transactions, and the 
     regulation of the prices and terms of sale. Establishing 
     regulations which govern the monetary policies federal 
     banking regulators dictate financial institutions must 
     follow, and the interactions between those regulators and 
     institutions, affects the ability of these institutions to 
     conduct business transactions with clients among the several 
     states, and thus falls under the commerce clause.
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 6038.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. LARSEN of Washington:
       H.R. 6039.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       As described in Article 1, Section 1 ``all legislative 
     powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress.''
           By Mr. MANZULLO:
       H.R. 6040.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       H.R. 6041.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mr. MORAN:
       H.R. 6042.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 18, Clause 8;
           By Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 6043.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, commonly referred to for 
     this purpose as the Commerce Clause, which states the 
     following: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. PLATTS:
       H.R. 6044.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1; Section 8; Clauses 12, 13, 14, 18.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 6045.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1 of the Constitution; and
       Article I, section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. SMITH of Washington:
       H.R. 6046.
       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 make Rules for the Government and 
     Regulation of the land and naval Forces'' as enumerated in 
     Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution and in 
     pursuit of the Equal Protection Clause found in section 1 of 
     the Fourteenth Amendment.

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