[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 1361-1363]
[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. GIBBS:
       H.R. 578.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution and 
     the Second Amendment, which states: A well regulated Militia, 
     being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of 
     the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
           By Mr. WEBSTER of Florida:
       H.R. 579.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 which provides 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 Mr. RUSH:
       H.R. 580.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. DENT:
       H.R. 581.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 582.
       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. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 583.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4
           By Mr. DeSANTIS:
       H.R. 584.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article I, Section 6, Clause 1, of the U.S. Constitution: 
     The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation 
     for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of 
     the Treasury of the United States.
           By Mr. FLORES:
       H.R. 585.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
           By Mrs. BUSTOS:
       H.R. 586.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. POCAN:
       H.R. 587.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. ROTHFUS:
       H.R. 588.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. MASSIE:
       H.R. 589.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority for the Senior Citizens Tax 
     Elimination Act is found in Article I, Section 8, which gives 
     Congress the power to lay and collect taxes.
            By Mr. LOWENTHAL:
       H.R. 590.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
            By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 591.
       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. GUTHRIE:
       H.R. 592.
       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 Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 593.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 12, 14 and 18 of the 
     Constitution of the United States; the authority raise and 
     support an army, to make rules for the government and 
     regulation of the land and naval forces and to make all laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     execution the foregoing powers.
       The purpose of the bill is to provide assistance to the VA 
     for their construction activities so that the veteran 
     population has access to healthcare facilities. In order for 
     the U.S. Government to support and regulate our land and 
     naval forces for future engagements, it is necessary and 
     proper for the Congress to legislate the construction of 
     facilities so the current and future veteran population is 
     provided adequate healthcare.
            By Mr. GOSAR:
       H.R. 594.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The power to regulate inter-state commerce is set forth 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the Power to ``regulate 
     commerce among the several states'' If the matter in question 
     is not a purely local matter (intra-state) or if it has an 
     impact on inter-state commerce, it falls within the 
     Congressional power to regulate interstate commerce. National 
     Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (2012).
       Also Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2; Article 6, Clause 2; 
     and the 10th Amendment, which grants states all authority not 
     explicitly given to the federal government, pursuant to which 
     this bill seeks to return to the states authority previously 
     and erroneously claimed by the federal government.
       Finally, Article I, section 8, clause 18, that grants 
     Congress the power to make all laws necessary and proper for 
     carrying out the powers vested by Congress in the 
     Constitution of the United States or in any department or 
     officer thereof.
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 595.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (1) to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among 
     the several states, and with the Indian tribes, as enumerated 
     in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution;
       (2) to make all laws necessary and proper for executing 
     powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 
     18 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. BYRNE:
       H.R. 596.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This Act repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
     Act and title I and subtitle B of title II of the Health Care 
     and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, which 
     included several specific provisions that extend beyond the 
     enumerated powers granted to Congress by the Constitution, 
     including, in particular, the Commerce, Taxing, and the 
     Spending Clauses of Article I, Section 8, as well as the 
     Necessary and Proper Clauses contained therein, and that 
     otherwise improperly extend authority to Federal agencies in 
     a manner inconsistent with the Vesting Clause of Article I, 
     Section 1.
       The general repeal of this legislation is consistent with 
     the powers that are reserved to the States and to the people 
     as expressed in Amendment X to the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. FINCHER:
       H.R. 597.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII
            By Mr. WALBERG:
       H.R. 598.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7--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 Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin:
       H.R. 599.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clauses 1 and 18 of the Constitution 
     of the United States.
            By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 600.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitution of the United States provides clear 
     authority for Congress to pass tax legislation. Article I of 
     the Constitution, in detailing Congressional authority, 
     provides that ``Congress shall have Power to lay and collect 
     Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises . . .'' (Section 8, Clause 
     1). This legislation is introduced pursuant to that grant of 
     authority.
            By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 601.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the explicit power of Congress to regulate commerce in and 
     among the states, as enumerate in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States 
     Constitution.
       Additionally, Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution allows for every bill passed by the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate and signed by the President to 
     be codified into law; and therefore implicitly allows 
     Congress to repeal any bill that has been passed by both 
     chambers and signed into law by the President.
            By Mr. RENACCI:
       H.R. 602.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 states, ``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 Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 603.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 604.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, which states that Congress 
     has the power ``to establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization 
     and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout 
     the United States.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which states that Congress 
     has the 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 or 
     Officer thereof . . .''
            By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 605.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1
            By Mr. PAULSEN:
       H.R. 606.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Ms. BROWNLEY of California:
       H.R. 607.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. CARSON of Indiana:
       H.R. 608.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.

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            By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 609.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 610.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 states 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. HULTGREN:
       H.R. 611.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3--to regulate commerce with 
     foreign nations
            By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 612.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This act erases the forced-dues clauses in the National 
     Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and Railway Labor Act (RLA). As 
     such, this bill makes specific changes to existing law in a 
     manner that returns power to the States and to the People, in 
     accordance with Amendment X of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. MEEHAN:
       H.R. 613.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following.
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. MURPHY of Florida:
       H.R. 614.
       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.
            By Mr. PAYNE:
       H.R. 615.
       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. POLIS:
       H.R. 616.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. REED:
       H.R. 617.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: to provide for the common defense and 
     general welfare.
            By Mr. ROKITA:
       H.R. 618.
       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 Mr. SIRES:
       H.R. 619.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to clause 3(d) (1) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
     the House of Representatives, the Committee finds the 
     authority for this legislation in article I, section 8 of the 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. VAN HOLLEN:
       H.R. 620.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Sections 7 & 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. VARGAS:
       H.R. 621.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       1. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States 
     Constitution.

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