[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18285-18286]
[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. GUTHRIE:
        H.R. 3674.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. WALDEN:
        H.R. 3675.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. SHUSTER:
        H.R. 3676.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 3 (related to regulation of Commerce 
     among the several States).
            By Mr. UPTON:
        H.R. 3677.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. ENYART:
        H.R. 3678.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. GARDNER:
        H.R. 3679.
        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.
            By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
        H.R. 3680.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8. ``The Congress shall have Power . . . 
     to coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign 
     Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;''
            By Mr. PAULSEN:
        H.R. 3681.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1; Section 8
            By Mr. WALZ:
        H.R. 3682.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.

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