[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 7, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H1087]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. CRAMER:
        H.J. Res. 68.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       To accompany Mr. Cramer's joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5 of the 
     United States Code of a rule submitted by the Bureau of Land 
     Management relating to standards for measurement and 
     reporting of gas removed or sold from Federal and Indian 
     lands and areas subject to communitization agreements:
       Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives, the following statement is submitted 
     regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the 
     Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint 
     resolution.
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is in 
     clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.