[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15650]
[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. CARSON of Indiana:
       H.R. 3282.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 3283.
       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 Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, 
     Imposts, and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United 
     States.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have 
     Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper 
     for carrying into Execution the forgoing 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. LEVIN:
       H.R. 3284.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 4 of the 14th Amendment of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mrs. CAPITO:
       H.J. Res. 93.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: No Money shall be drawn 
     from the Treasury but in Consequence of Appropriations made 
     by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts 
     and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from 
     time to time.

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