[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10772-10773]
[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. McGOVERN:
       H.R. 6059.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.R. 6060.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII, Clause 18 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. BECERRA:
       H.R. 6061.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article II, Section 8.
           By Mr. MARINO:
       H.R. 6062.
       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 1 and Clause 
     3 of the United States Constitution.

           By Mr. SMITH of Texas:
       H.R. 6063.
       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. MICA:
       H.R. 6064.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 1, Clause 3, Clause 7, and Clause 18.
           By Mr. COLE:
       H.R. 6065.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 which allows Congress to 
     ``fix the Standard of Weights and Measures.'' This 
     legislation would set the standards of portable fuel 
     containers.

       Additionally, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 allows 
     Congress to ``regulate Commerce . . . among the several 
     states.'' As portable fuel containers are objects of 
     interstate commerce, it is appropriate for Federal standards 
     to be set.
           By Ms. HAYWORTH:
       H.R. 6066.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and 
     Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution.

           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 6067.
       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.

           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN:
       H.R. 6068.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of 
     Article I of the United States Constitution.

           By Mr. BARLETTA:
       H.R. 6069.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill makes changes to existing law relating to 
     ``Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution Clause 18.''
           By Mr. BARLETTA:
       H.R. 6070.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill makes changes to existing law relating to 
     ``Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution Clause 18.''
           By Mr. BARROW:
       H.R. 6071.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section I of the U.S. Constitution
           By Ms. BERKLEY:
       H.R. 6072.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 6073.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution 
     (clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16), which grants Congress the power 
     to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy; 
     to make rules for the government and regulation of the land 
     and naval forces; and to provide for organizing, arming, and 
     disciplining the militia.

           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 6074.
       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 Taxes, Duties, 
     Imposts and Excises as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. BUERKLE:
       H.R. 6075.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3--
       The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with 
     Foreign Nations, and among several States, and with Indian 
     Tribes.
       Also, the Tenth Amendment--
       The powers not Delegated to the United States by the 
     Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are 
     reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
           By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 6076.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority to enact this legislation can 
     be found in:
       Commerce Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 3)
       Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 18)
       Constitutional analysis is a rigorous discipline which goes 
     far beyond the text of the Constitution, and requires 
     knowledge of case law, history, and the tools of 
     constitutional interpretation. While the scope of Congress' 
     powers is an appropriate matter for House debate, the listing 
     of specific textual authorities for routine Congressional 
     legislation about which there is no legitimate constitutional 
     concern is a diminishment of the majesty of our Founding 
     Fathers' vision for our national legislature.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 6077.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of section 3 of article IV of the Constitution.
           By Mr. PETERS:
       H.R. 6078.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
           By Mr. QUAYLE:
       H.J. Res. 114.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the U.S. Constitution.

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