[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10128]
[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.

           Mr. HANNA:
       H.R. 2476.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     enumerated in Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution, which provides that ``The Congress shall have 
     Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imports 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''

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