[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 16060-16061]
[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. CURBELO of Florida:
       H.R. 3756.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. COOPER:
       H.R. 3757.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sections 8 and 9 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
           By Mr. COOPER:
       H.R. 3758.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 6 and Section 8 of the Constitution of 
     the United States.
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 3759.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 3760.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under the following provisions of the United States 
     Constitution:
       Article I, Section 1;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; and
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 3761.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

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