[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3315]
[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. SHUSTER:
       H.R. 1338.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
           By Ms. GRAHAM:
       H.R. 1339.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 1340.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the powers of Congress, as enumerated in Article I, Section 
     8.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California:
       H.R. 1341.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 & 18
           By Mr. WALDEN:
       H.R. 1342.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       1) 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
       2) Article 1, Section 1: All legislative powers herein 
     granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, 
     which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives

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