[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16208]
[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 Mrs. ELLMERS:
       H.R. 3338.
       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, Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. KINGSTON:
       H.R. 3339.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment X
       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. KINGSTON:
       H.R. 3340.
       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 Mr. KINGSTON:
       H.R. 3341.
       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, Clause 18.
           By Mr. KINGSTON:
       H.R. 3342.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
       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
       To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes

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