[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 197-198]
[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. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 181.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. CALVERT:
       H.R. 182.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, 
     specifically Clauses 1 (relating to providing for the general 
     welfare of the United States) and 18 (relating to the power 
     to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress) of such section.
       OR
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 18.
           By Mr. HUDSON:
       H.R. 183.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Caluse 18 of the United States 
     Consititution. 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 thereof.
            By Mr. HUDSON:
       H.R. 184.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 Clause 3 states: ``To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes . . . 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. GOODLATTE:
       H.R. 185.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise 
     of legislative powers generally granted to Congress by that 
     section, including the exercise of those powers when 
     delegated by Congress to the Executive; Article I, Section 8, 
     Clauses 1 to 17, and Section 9, Clauses 1 to 2, 4, and 7 of 
     the United States Constitution, in that the legislation 
     concerns the exercise of specific legislative powers granted 
     to Congress by those sections, including the exercise of 
     those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; 
     Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative 
     power granted to Congress by that clause ``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 Article III, 
     Section 1, Clause 1, Sentence 1, Section 2, Clause 1, and 
     Section 2, Clause 2, Sentence 2, of the Constitution, in that 
     the legislation defines or affects judicial powers and cases 
     that are subject to legislation by Congess.
            By Mr. HUDSON:
       H.R. 186.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Enumerated Powers of Congress. Aritice I., Section 8. The 
     Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes.
            By Mr. COOPER:
       H.R. 187.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mr. HARPER:
       H.R. 188.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 189.
       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. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 190.
       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. ADERHOLT:
       H.R. 191.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 4 of the Constitution provides 
     that Congress shall have power to ``establish an uniform Rule 
     of Naturalization.'' The Supreme Court has long found that 
     this provision of the Constitution grants Congress plenary 
     power over immigration policy. As the Court found in Galvan 
     v. Press, 347 U.S. 522, 531 (1954) ``that the formulation of 
     policies [pertaining to the entry of aliens and the right to 
     remain here] is entrusted to Congress has become about as 
     firmly imbedded in the legislative and judicial tissues of 
     our body politic as any aspect of our government.''
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 192.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, 
     Imposts and Excises as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. FUDGE:
       H.R. 193.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3, the Commerce clause.
           By Mr. HARPER:
       H.R. 194.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. HARPER:
       H.R. 195.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution granting 
     Congress the authority to make laws governing the time, 
     place, and manner of holding Federal elections
            By Ms. MATSUI:
       H.R. 196.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. NADLER:
       H.R. 197.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, 
     and section 5 of Amendment XIV to the Constitution.
            By Mr. SIRES:
       H.R. 198.
       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 1, section 8 of the 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. SIRES:
       H.R. 199.
       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 1, section 8 of the 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. SIRES:
       H.R. 200.
       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 1, section 8 of the 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. SIRES:
       H.R. 201.
       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 1, section 8 of the 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. TURNER:
       H.R. 202.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18; and Article IV, 
     Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States.
           By Mr. WALZ:
       H.R. 203.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
       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 the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.J. Res. 10.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17, giving Congress exclusive 
     jurisdiction over the District of Columbia. That clause was 
     cited as the authority for the government's ability to accept 
     the original Smithson donation and the creation of the 
     Smithsonian Institution via the Act of August 10, 1846.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper 
     clause, which provides the power to enact legislation 
     necessary to effectuate one of the earlier enumerated powers, 
     such as the authority granted in Clause 17 above.

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