[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14138]
[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. RATCLIFFE:
       H.R. 3490.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--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. JOLLY:
       H.R. 3491.
       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. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 3492.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I; Section 8 of the Constitution 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; but 
     all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout 
     the United States;''
            By Mr. DONOVAN:
       H.R. 3493.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--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 Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 3494.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8--``To make all laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers . . .''
            By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 3495.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 3496.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
            By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 3497.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. Art. I Sec.  8.
            By Mr. HARRIS:
       H.R. 3498.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution of 
     the United States.
            By Mr. JOLLY:
       H.R. 3499.
       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. JONES:
       H.R. 3500.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 3501.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I
            By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
       H.R. 3502.
       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 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Ms. McSALLY:
       H.R. 3503.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--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.

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