[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 1011-1013]
[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. NEUGEBAUER:
       H.R. 463.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: 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.

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            By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 464.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 2, Section 1, Clause 8
           By Mrs. ROBY:
       H.R. 465.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 466.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section VIII, 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 . . .'' In 
     addition, Article I, Section VIII, Clause 14 provides, ``To 
     make rules for the government and regulation of the land and 
     naval forces.'' Lastly, Article I, Section VIII, Clause 16 
     states ``The Congress shall have Power To provide for 
     organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for 
     governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service 
     of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, 
     the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of 
     training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed 
     by Congress.''
            By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 467.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mr. HECK of Nevada:
       H.R. 468.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Ms. BASS:
       H.R. 469.
       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 1, Section 1.
       Article. I.
       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.
           By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia:
       H.R. 470.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States.
           By Mr. MARINO:
       H.R. 471.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution. The Constitution's Commerce Clause allows 
     Congress to enact laws when reasonably related to the 
     regulation of interstate commerce.
            By Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 472.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 9 of the 
     Constitution, and Section 1 of Article 3 of the Constitution 
     to create and regulate Federal Courts.
            By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 473.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. WENSTRUP:
       H.R. 474.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. WENSTRUP:
       H.R. 475.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. WENSTRUP:
       H.R. 476.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:
       H.R. 477.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2, relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States.
            By Ms. ESTY:
       H.R. 478.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution of 
     the United States of America.
           By Ms. ESTY:
       H.R. 479.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States of America.
            By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
       H.R. 480.
       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 Defence and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.
           By Mr. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 481.
       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. BISHOP of Georgia:
       H.R. 482.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes;
           By Mr. TAKAI:
       H.R. 483.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. DENT:
       H.R. 484.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 485.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8. ``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.''
            By Mr. MULLIN:
       H.R. 486.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution, The Congress shall have Power to regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. MULLIN:
       H.R. 487.
       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 3: The Congress 
     shall have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. AMODEI:
       H.R. 488.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to 
     providing for the general welfare of the United States) and 
     clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary 
     and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress), 
     and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States).
           By Mr. OLSON:
       H.R. 489.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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 this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department of 
     Officer therof.
            By Mr. LYNCH:
       H.R. 490.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 491.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3, and the 4th and 14th 
     Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina:
       H.R. 492.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment V, Section 1--the ``Due Process'' clause protects 
     any life from being taken without due process of law; this 
     legislation provides unborn citizens a modicum of due 
     process.
           By Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina:
       H.R. 493.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       the rules and regulations for property owned by the United 
     States pursuant to Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution.

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       Authority to stay misapplied regulations from the executive 
     Branch stems from Article I. Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mr. GOSAR:
       H.R. 494.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. (commerce clause)
       ``The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.''
           By Ms. JUDY CHU of California:
       H.R. 495.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. COOK:
       H.R. 496.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 497.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. DENHAM:
       H.R. 498.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee:
       H.R. 499.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. HONDA:
       H.R. 500.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution
            By Mr. KILMER:
       H.R. 501.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, sec 8, cl. 3 (commerce clause), & cl. 18 
     (necessary and proper clause); section 1 of the 14th 
     Amendment (due process and equal protection clauses), and 
     section 5 of the 14th Amendment (enforcement). In addition, 
     Article 1, sec 8, & cl. 16.
           By Mr. KILMER:
       H.R. 502.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 503.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 which states: ``The Congress 
     shall have the Power To . . . establish an uniform Rule of 
     Naturalization . . .''
           By Mr. LATTA:
       H.R. 504.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, cl. 3
       The Congress shall have the power . . . to regulate 
     commerce with foreign nations, and among the states, and with 
     Indian Tribes;
            By Mr. LIPINSKI:
       H.R. 505.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the US constitution gives 
     Congress the authority ``To regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes''
           By Mr. NEAL:
       H.R. 506.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I and the 16th Amendment 
     to the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. NUGENT:
       H.R. 507.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 6 of Article I of the Constitution as 
     amended by the 27th Amendment to the Constitution. This 
     section of the Constitution allows Congress to set their own 
     compensation so long as new representatives have been 
     elected.
           By Mr. PETERS:
       H.R. 508.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. RANGEL:
       H.R. 509.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article XVI of the Constitution--Congress shall have power 
     to lay and collect taxes on incomes . . .
            By Mr. REED:
       H.R. 510.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       5th Amendment to the Constitution
            By Mr. ROKITA:
       H.R. 511.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 to regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. ROSKAM:
       H.R. 512.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (a) Article I, Section 1, to exercise the legislative 
     powers vested in Congress as granted in the Constitution; and
       (b) Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which gives Congress 
     the authority ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and 
     all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof''; and
       (c) Article I, Section 9, Clause 7, which states that ``No 
     Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of 
     Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and 
     Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money 
     shall be published from time to time.''
            By Ms. SINEMA:
       H.R. 513.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1. Section 6.
            By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 514.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18, as this bill better 
     equips the Executive Branch to properly carry out the powers 
     vested in it by the Constitution, as well as ensures that 
     Congress is accurately informed of a foreign nations' 
     trafficking record and tier ranking when Congress considers 
     regulation of commerce with foreign nations.
            By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 515.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution, as sex offenders are traveling in foreign 
     commerce.
            By Mr. STIVERS:
       H.R. 516.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8--``To coin Money, regulate the Value 
     thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights 
     and Measures''
            By Ms. TITUS:
       H.R. 517.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, Amendment XVI, of the 
     United States Constitution
            By Mr. TURNER:
       H.R. 518.
       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 Defence and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.
           By Mr. TURNER:
       H.R. 519.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section, 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, 
     as the Supreme Court of the United States has held that the 
     imposition of the burdensome mandate on hardworking American 
     taxpayers is an action Congress may take under its power to 
     tax, and that this bill seeks to repeal sections of title 26 
     U.S.C., the Internal Revenue Code.
           By Mr. TURNER:
       H.R. 520.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution: 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.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The 
     Congress shall have Power * * * To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 521.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3

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