[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11669]
[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. FLEMING:
       H.R. 6137.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause I, Congress has 
     the ability to lay and collect taxes and to provide for the 
     general welfare of the United States, and Amendment XVI.
           By Ms. LEE of California:
       H.R. 6138.
       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. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 6139.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the explicit power of Congress to regulate commerce in and 
     among the states, as enumerate in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. CAMP:
       H.R. 6140.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general 
     Welfare of the United States.''
           By Mr. SCHRADER:
       H.R. 6141.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 6142.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The attached bill is constitutional under 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. BACA:
       H.R. 6143.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. BARROW:
       H.R. 6144.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 6145.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. HINOJOSA:
       H.R. 6146.
       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 Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 6147.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV Section III: ``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 . . .''
           By Mr. KELLY:
       H.R. 6148.
       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;
       Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and 
     all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.
           By Mr. MICHAUD:
       H.R. 6149.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 3.

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