[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12270-12271]
[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. THOMPSON of California:
        H.R. 6182.
        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. CONYERS:
        H.R. 6183.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mr. AMODEI:
        H.R. 6184.
        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, Clause 14 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mrs. ADAMS:
        H.R. 6185.
        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 Ms. MOORE:
        H.R. 6186.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. HIMES:
        H.R. 6187.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. CARNAHAN:
        H.R. 6188.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1. ``All legislative Powers herein 
     granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, 
     which shall consist of a Senate and a House of 
     Representatives.''
            By Mr. CONYERS:
        H.R. 6189.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 6190.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The attached legislation falls within Congress' authority 
     to regulate interstate commerce as found in Article I, 
     Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which provides 
     the authority for the Congress to ``To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.'' The epinephrine inhalers at issue in the 
     attached legislation are regulated by the federal Food and 
     Drug Administration (FDA), and the propellant at issue is 
     regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency. The product 
     further falls within the subject matter of an international 
     treaty known as the Montreal Protocol on Substances that 
     Deplete the Ozone Layer, of which the U.S. is a signatory.
           By Mr. DEUTCH:
       H.R. 6191.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of 
     the United States Constitution, which grants Congress the 
     power to regulate commerce among the several States.
           By Mrs. EMERSON:
       H.R. 6192.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The ability to regulate interstate commerce pursuant to 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 6193.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution; 
     clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution; 
     section 5 of Amendment XIV to the Constitution.
           By Mr. GINGREY of Georgia:
       H.R. 6194.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 that states, ``To regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with Indian Tribes''
           By Mr. KING of New York:
       H.R. 6195.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1:
       The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises,

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     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. KING of New York:
       H.R. 6196.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California:
       H.R. 6197.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, which grants 
     Congress the authority to make laws governing the time, 
     place, and manner of holding Federal elections.
           By Mrs. MALONEY:
       H.R. 6198.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
       The Congress shall have Power to to regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 6199.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       H.R. 6200.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York:
       H.R. 6201.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the 
     Congress by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 6202.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. MEEHAN:
       H.R. 6203.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause I.
           By Ms. WATERS:
       H.R. 6204.
       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 the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.
           By Mrs. ROBY:
       H.J. Res. 116.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 5:
       ``The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall 
     deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this 
     Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of 
     two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for 
     proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid 
     to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, 
     when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the 
     several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, 
     as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed 
     by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made 
     prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall 
     in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the 
     Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, 
     without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage 
     in the Senate.''

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