[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13811]
[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. MARCHANT:
       H.R. 3442.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 2: The Congress shall have 
     Power . . . To borrow Money on the credit of the United 
     States.
       Article I, 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 the Constitution in the Government 
     of the United States, or in any Department or Officer 
     thereof.
           By Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina:
       H.R. 3443.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article 1, Section 9, 
     Clause 7 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. PITTS:
       H.R. 3444.
       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. McGOVERN:
       H.R. 3445.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18
           By Mr. DOGGETT:
       H.R. 3446.
       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. FOXX:
       H.R. 3447.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, Congress may enact laws 
     necessary and proper to the execution of its enumerated 
     powers. As this legislation solely amends the amount of time 
     available for execution of previously granted authority, it 
     is merely technical in nature and an appropriate exercise of 
     Congress' authority to amend its previous actions through 
     necessary and proper statutes.
           By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
       H.R. 3448.
       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, Clauses 3 and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. JONES:
       H.R. 3449.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, the 
     reported bill is authorized by Congress's power to: ``To 
     establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization. . . .''
           By Mr. KILDEE:
       H.R. 3450.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following: Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. KILDEE:
       H.R. 3451.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. KILDEE:
       H.R. 3452.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia:
       H.R. 3453.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (``The Congress shall have 
     the 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'')
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (The Congress shall have the 
     power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with Indian Tribes.)
           By Mrs. WALORSKI:
       H.R. 3454.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, Cl. 3
           By Mr. HASTINGS:
       H.J. Res. 65.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 11

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