[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16330-16331]
[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. MOONEY of West Virginia:
       H.R. 3776.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution:
       ``The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, 
     duties, inposts, and excises, to

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     pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general 
     welfare of the United States.''
       Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution:
       ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 
     consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular 
     statemetn and account of the receipts and expenditures of all 
     public money shall be published from time to time.''
           By Mr. RIGELL:
       H.R. 3777.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11: ``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.''
       Article 1, 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 
     Constitition in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or officer thereof.''
           By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 3778.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. VALADAO:
       H.R. 3779.
       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.
           By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 3780.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. DOGGETT:
       H.R. 3781.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. CARDENAS:
       H.R. 3782.
       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. CARDENAS:
       H.R. 3783.
       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. CARNEY:
       H.R. 3784.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``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. CASTRO of Texas:
       H.R. 3785.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 
     I, Sec. 8, Clause 18)
       THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
       ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS
       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 this 
     Constitution in the government of the United States, or in 
     any department or officer thereof.
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 3786.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
           By Mr. DeSAULNIER:
       H.R. 3787.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
           By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 3788.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States, which states:
       The Congress shall have 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. GUINTA:
       H.R. 3789.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII, Clause XVIII--The Congress shall 
     have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying in to execution the foregoing powers and 
     all other powers vested . . .
           By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
       H.R. 3790.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mrs. LOVE:
       H.R. 3791.
       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 Ms. MOORE:
       H.R. 3792.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. MURPHY of Florida:
       H.R. 3793.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. ROSS:
       H.R. 3794.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 3.
           By Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
       H.R. 3795.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. WALKER:
       H.R. 3796.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 1, 3, and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.

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